enovelar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Galician-Portuguese en-

Portuguese en-

Portuguese novelo

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese enovelar

From en- + novelo (“ball of thread”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.no.veˈla(ʁ)/ [e.no.veˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.no.veˈla(ʁ)/ [e.no.veˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.no.veˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.no.veˈla(ʁ)/ [e.no.veˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /e.no.veˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.nu.vɨˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.nu.vɨˈlaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.nu.bɨˈlaɾ/ [i.nu.βɨˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.nu.vɨˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: e‧no‧ve‧lar

Verb

enovelar (first-person singular present enovelo, first-person singular preterite enovelei, past participle enovelado)

1. (transitive) to wind into a ball, to coil
2. (transitive, reflexive) to tangle, to snarl

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enovelar (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	enovelar
Personal	enovelar	enovelares	enovelar	enovelarmos	enovelardes	enovelarem
Gerund
	enovelando
Past participle
Masculine	enovelado			enovelados
Feminine	enovelada			enoveladas
Indicative
Present	enovelo	enovelas	enovela	enovelamos	enovelais	enovelam
Imperfect	enovelava	enovelavas	enovelava	enovelávamos	enoveláveis	enovelavam
Preterite	enovelei	enovelaste	enovelou	enovelamos1, enovelámos2	enovelastes	enovelaram
Pluperfect	enovelara	enovelaras	enovelara	enoveláramos	enoveláreis	enovelaram
Future	enovelarei	enovelarás	enovelará	enovelaremos	enovelareis	enovelarão
Conditional	enovelaria	enovelarias	enovelaria	enovelaríamos	enovelaríeis	enovelariam
Subjunctive
Present	enovele	enoveles	enovele	enovelemos	enoveleis	enovelem
Imperfect	enovelasse	enovelasses	enovelasse	enovelássemos	enovelásseis	enovelassem
Future	enovelar	enovelares	enovelar	enovelarmos	enovelardes	enovelarem
Imperative
Affirmative		enovela	enovele	enovelemos	enovelai	enovelem
Negative (não)		não enoveles	não enovele	não enovelemos	não enoveleis	não enovelem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “enovelar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN