morsegar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin morsicāre, from morsus.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /moʁ.seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [moh.seˈɡa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /moɾ.seˈɡa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /moʁ.seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [moχ.seˈɡa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /moɻ.seˈɡa(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /muɾ.sɨˈɡaɾ/ [muɾ.sɨˈɣaɾ]

Verb

morsegar (first-person singular present morsego, first-person singular preterite morseguei, past participle morsegado)

  1. (transitive) pull (something) using the teeth
  2. (transitive) bite lightly and continuously; take small bites on; nibble
  3. inflection of morsegar:
    1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
    2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation
    Conjugation of morsegar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal morsegar
Personal morsegar morsegares morsegar morsegarmos morsegardes morsegarem
Gerund
morsegando
Past participle
Masculine morsegado morsegados
Feminine morsegada morsegadas
Indicative
Present morsego morsegas morsega morsegamos morsegais morsegam
Imperfect morsegava morsegavas morsegava morsegávamos morsegáveis morsegavam
Preterite morseguei morsegaste morsegou morsegamos1, morsegámos2 morsegastes morsegaram
Pluperfect morsegara morsegaras morsegara morsegáramos morsegáreis morsegaram
Future morsegarei morsegarás morsegará morsegaremos morsegareis morsegarão
Conditional
morsegaria morsegarias morsegaria morsegaríamos morsegaríeis morsegariam
Subjunctive
Present morsegue morsegues morsegue morseguemos morsegueis morseguem
Imperfect morsegasse morsegasses morsegasse morsegássemos morsegásseis morsegassem
Future morsegar morsegares morsegar morsegarmos morsegardes morsegarem
Imperative
Affirmative morsega morsegue morseguemos morsegai morseguem
Negative (não) não morsegues não morsegue não morseguemos não morsegueis não morseguem

1Brazil.
2Portugal.

Further reading

Venetian

Alternative forms
  • mosegar, musegar

Etymology

From Late Latin morsicāre, present active infinitive of morsicō, from morsus, from Latin mordeō.

Verb

morsegar

  1. (transitive) to nibble, gnaw (at)
  2. (transitive) to bite

Conjugation
  • Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of morsegar (first conjugation)
infinitive morsegar
auxiliary verb aver gerund morsegando
past participle morsegà
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present morsego (te) morseghi (el/ła) morsega morseghémo, morsegòn morseghé (i/łe) morsega
imperfect morsegava (te) morsegavi (el/ła) morsegava morsegàvimo morsegavi (i/łe) morsegava
future morsegarò (te) morsegarè (el/ła) morsegarà morsegarémo morsegarè (i/łe) morsegarà
conditional mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
present morsegarìa (te) morsegarisi (el/ła) morsegarìa morsegarìsimo morsegarisi (i/łe) morsegarìa
subjunctive che mi che ti che eło / eła che noialtri / noialtre che voialtri / voialtre che łuri / łore
present morseghe, morsega (te) morseghi (el/ła) morseghe, (el/ła) morsega morseghémo, morsegone morseghé (i/łe) morseghe, (i/łe) morsega
imperfect morsegase (te) morsegasi (el/ła) morsegase morsegàsimo morsegasi (i/łe) morsegase
imperative — ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
— (te) morsega (el/ła) morsega, (el/ła) morseghe morseghémo morseghé (i/łe) morsega, (i/łe) morseghe
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