entubar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Galician-Portuguese en-

Portuguese en-

Portuguese tubo

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese entubar

From en- + tubo + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tuˈba(ʁ)/ [ẽ.tuˈba(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tuˈba(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tuˈba(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tuˈba(ʁ)/ [ẽ.tuˈba(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tuˈba(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tuˈba(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tuˈba(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tuˈba(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tuˈba(ʁ)/ [ẽ.tuˈba(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tuˈba(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tuˈba(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.tuˈba(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.tuˈba(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.tuˈbaɾ/ [ẽ.tuˈβaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.tuˈbaɾ/ [ẽ.tuˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.tuˈba.ɾi/ [ẽ.tuˈβa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: en‧tu‧bar

Verb

entubar (first-person singular present entubo, first-person singular preterite entubei, past participle entubado)

1. (transitive, medicine) to intubate (to insert a tube)

   Synonym: intubar

2. (transitive, reflexive) to shape as a tube
3. (transitive, Brazil, vulgar) to penetrate with the penis
4. (ambitransitive, Brazil, surfing) to tube ride (to ride inside the curve of a breaking wave)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of entubar (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	entubar
Personal	entubar	entubares	entubar	entubarmos	entubardes	entubarem
Gerund
	entubando
Past participle
Masculine	entubado			entubados
Feminine	entubada			entubadas
Indicative
Present	entubo	entubas	entuba	entubamos	entubais	entubam
Imperfect	entubava	entubavas	entubava	entubávamos	entubáveis	entubavam
Preterite	entubei	entubaste	entubou	entubamos1, entubámos2	entubastes	entubaram
Pluperfect	entubara	entubaras	entubara	entubáramos	entubáreis	entubaram
Future	entubarei	entubarás	entubará	entubaremos	entubareis	entubarão
Conditional	entubaria	entubarias	entubaria	entubaríamos	entubaríeis	entubariam
Subjunctive
Present	entube	entubes	entube	entubemos	entubeis	entubem
Imperfect	entubasse	entubasses	entubasse	entubássemos	entubásseis	entubassem
Future	entubar	entubares	entubar	entubarmos	entubardes	entubarem
Imperative
Affirmative		entuba	entube	entubemos	entubai	entubem
Negative (não)		não entubes	não entube	não entubemos	não entubeis	não entubem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• entubação
• entubamento

See also

• enturbar

Further reading

• “entubar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “entubar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “entubar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “entubar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /entuˈbaɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪uˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧tu‧bar

Verb

entubar (first-person singular present entubo, first-person singular preterite entubé, past participle entubado)

1. alternative form of intubar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of entubar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			entubar
gerund			entubando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		entubado		entubada
		plural		entubados		entubadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	entubo	entubastú entubásvos	entuba	entubamos	entubáis	entuban
	imperfect	entubaba	entubabas	entubaba	entubábamos	entubabais	entubaban
	preterite	entubé	entubaste	entubó	entubamos	entubasteis	entubaron
	future	entubaré	entubarás	entubará	entubaremos	entubaréis	entubarán
	conditional	entubaría	entubarías	entubaría	entubaríamos	entubaríais	entubarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	entube	entubestú entubésvos2	entube	entubemos	entubéis	entuben
	imperfect (ra)	entubara	entubaras	entubara	entubáramos	entubarais	entubaran
	imperfect (se)	entubase	entubases	entubase	entubásemos	entubaseis	entubasen
	future1	entubare	entubares	entubare	entubáremos	entubareis	entubaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		entubatú entubávos	entube	entubemos	entubad	entuben
	negative		no entubes	no entube	no entubemos	no entubéis	no entuben

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of entubar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive entubar	dative	entubarme	entubarte	entubarle, entubarse	entubarnos	entubaros	entubarles, entubarse
	accusative	entubarme	entubarte	entubarlo, entubarla, entubarse	entubarnos	entubaros	entubarlos, entubarlas, entubarse
with gerund entubando	dative	entubándome	entubándote	entubándole, entubándose	entubándonos	entubándoos	entubándoles, entubándose
	accusative	entubándome	entubándote	entubándolo, entubándola, entubándose	entubándonos	entubándoos	entubándolos, entubándolas, entubándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative entuba	dative	entúbame	entúbate	entúbale	entúbanos	not used	entúbales
	accusative	entúbame	entúbate	entúbalo, entúbala	entúbanos	not used	entúbalos, entúbalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative entubá	dative	entubame	entubate	entubale	entubanos	not used	entubales
	accusative	entubame	entubate	entubalo, entubala	entubanos	not used	entubalos, entubalas
with formal second-person singular imperative entube	dative	entúbeme	not used	entúbele, entúbese	entúbenos	not used	entúbeles
	accusative	entúbeme	not used	entúbelo, entúbela, entúbese	entúbenos	not used	entúbelos, entúbelas
with first-person plural imperative entubemos	dative	not used	entubémoste	entubémosle	entubémonos	entubémoos	entubémosles
	accusative	not used	entubémoste	entubémoslo, entubémosla	entubémonos	entubémoos	entubémoslos, entubémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative entubad	dative	entubadme	not used	entubadle	entubadnos	entubaos	entubadles
	accusative	entubadme	not used	entubadlo, entubadla	entubadnos	entubaos	entubadlos, entubadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative entuben	dative	entúbenme	not used	entúbenle	entúbennos	not used	entúbenles, entúbense
	accusative	entúbenme	not used	entúbenlo, entúbenla	entúbennos	not used	entúbenlos, entúbenlas, entúbense

Further reading

• “entubar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025