sucatear

Portuguese

Etymology

From sucata +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ka.teˈa(ʁ)/ [su.ka.teˈa(h)], /su.ka.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [su.ka.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /su.kaˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [su.kaˈt͡ʃja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ka.teˈa(ʁ)/ [su.ka.teˈa(h)], /su.ka.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [su.ka.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /su.kaˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [su.kaˈt͡ʃja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /su.ka.teˈa(ɾ)/, /su.ka.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/ [su.ka.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /su.kaˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /su.ka.teˈa(ʁ)/ [su.ka.teˈa(χ)], /su.ka.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [su.ka.t͡ʃɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /su.kaˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [su.kaˈt͡ʃja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.ka.teˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.kɐˈtjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.kɐˈtjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.kɐˈtja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: su‧ca‧te‧ar

Verb

sucatear (first-person singular present sucateio, first-person singular preterite sucateei, past participle sucateado)

1. (Brazil) to negotiate or renegotiate treating the trade item as scraps or trash
2. (Brazil) to remove value of something. Refers mainly to institutions, widely used in the context of public organizations

   O ministro é a favor de sucatear a universidade.

   The minister supports devaluating of the university.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sucatear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	sucatear
Personal	sucatear	sucateares	sucatear	sucatearmos	sucateardes	sucatearem
Gerund
	sucateando
Past participle
Masculine	sucateado			sucateados
Feminine	sucateada			sucateadas
Indicative
Present	sucateio	sucateias	sucateia	sucateamos	sucateais	sucateiam
Imperfect	sucateava	sucateavas	sucateava	sucateávamos	sucateáveis	sucateavam
Preterite	sucateei	sucateaste	sucateou	sucateamos1, sucateámos2	sucateastes	sucatearam
Pluperfect	sucateara	sucatearas	sucateara	sucateáramos	sucateáreis	sucatearam
Future	sucatearei	sucatearás	sucateará	sucatearemos	sucateareis	sucatearão
Conditional	sucatearia	sucatearias	sucatearia	sucatearíamos	sucatearíeis	sucateariam
Subjunctive
Present	sucateie	sucateies	sucateie	sucateemos	sucateeis	sucateiem
Imperfect	sucateasse	sucateasses	sucateasse	sucateássemos	sucateásseis	sucateassem
Future	sucatear	sucateares	sucatear	sucatearmos	sucateardes	sucatearem
Imperative
Affirmative		sucateia	sucateie	sucateemos	sucateai	sucateiem
Negative (não)		não sucateies	não sucateie	não sucateemos	não sucateeis	não sucateiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• sucata
• sucateiro
• sucateamento

Further reading

• “sucatear” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• Rebeca Rios Filgueiras Azevedo (2013) “Ali Babá e as 200 palavras: Um estudo da influência do árabe na língua portuguesa”, in UnB‎^[1], page 37.