adular
See also: Adular
Catalan
Verb
adular (first-person singular present adulo, first-person singular preterite adulí, past participle adulat)
Conjugation
infinitive | adular | ||||||
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gerund | adulant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | adulat | adulada | |||||
plural | adulats | adulades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | adulo | adules | adula | adulem | aduleu | adulen | |
imperfect | adulava | adulaves | adulava | adulàvem | adulàveu | adulaven | |
future | adularé | adularàs | adularà | adularem | adulareu | adularan | |
preterite | adulí | adulares | adulà | adulàrem | adulàreu | adularen | |
conditional | adularia | adularies | adularia | adularíem | adularíeu | adularien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | aduli | adulis | aduli | adulem | aduleu | adulin | |
imperfect | adulés | adulessis | adulés | aduléssim | aduléssiu | adulessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | adula | aduli | adulem | aduleu | adulin | |
negative (no) | — | no adulis | no aduli | no adulem | no aduleu | no adulin |
Related terms
Further reading
- “adular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “adular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “adular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “adular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Interlingua
Conjugation
Conjugation of adular
infinitive | adular | ||
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participle | present | perfect | |
adulante | adulate | ||
active | simple | perfect | |
present | adula | ha adulate | |
past | adulava | habeva adulate | |
future | adulara | habera adulate | |
conditional | adularea | haberea adulate | |
imperative | adula | ||
passive | simple | perfect | |
present | es adulate | ha essite adulate | |
past | esseva adulate | habeva essite adulate | |
future | essera adulate | habera essite adulate | |
conditional | esserea adulate | haberea essite adulate | |
imperative | sia adulate |
Occitan
Conjugation

simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | adular | aver adulat | |||||
gerund | adulant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | adulat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | aduli | adulas | adula | adulam | adulatz | adulan | |
imperfect | adulavi | adulavas | adulava | adulàvem | adulàvetz | adulavan | |
preterite | adulèri | adulères | adulèt | adulèrem | adulèretz | adulèron | |
future | adularai | adularàs | adularà | adularem | adularetz | adularàn | |
conditional | adulariái | adulariás | adulariá | adulariam | adulariatz | adularián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | adulèra | adulèras | adulèra | aduleram | aduleratz | adulèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | adule | adules | adule | adulem | aduletz | adulen | |
imperfect | adulèssi | adulèsses | adulèsse | adulèssem | adulèssetz | adulèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
adula | adulem | adulatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | adular | aver adulat | |||||
gerund | adulant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | adulat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | adule | adules | adula | adulam | adulatz | adulon | |
imperfect | adulave | adulaves | adulava | adulaviam | adulaviatz | adulavon | |
preterite | adulere | aduleres | adulet | adulem | aduletz | aduleron | |
future | adularai | adularàs | adulará | adularem | adularetz | adularán | |
conditional | adulariá | adulariás | adulariá | adulariam | adulariatz | adularián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | adulèra | adulèras | adulèra | aduleram | aduleratz | adulèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | adule | adules | adule | adulassiam | adulassiatz | adulon | |
imperfect | adulesse | adulesses | adulesse | adulessiam | adulessiatz | adulesson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
adula | adulassiam | adulatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | adular | aver adulat | |||||
gerund | adulant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | adulat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | aduli | adulas | adula | adulam | adulatz | adulan | |
imperfect | adulavi | adulavas | adulava | adulàvam | adulàvatz | adulavan | |
preterite | adulèi | adulès | adulè | adulèm | adulètz | adulèn | |
future | adularèi | adularàs | adularà | adularam | adularatz | adularàn | |
conditional | adularí | adularés | adularé | adularem | adularetz | adularén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | adulèra | adulèras | adulèra | aduleram | aduleratz | adulèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | aduli | adules | adule | adulem | aduletz | adulen | |
imperfect | adulèssi | adulèsses | adulèsse | adulèssem | adulèssetz | adulèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
adula | adulem | adulatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | adular | aver adulat | |||||
gerund | adulant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | adulat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | adule | adulas | adula | adulam | adulatz | adulan | |
imperfect | adulava | adulavas | adulava | adulàvam | adulàvatz | adulavan | |
preterite | adulei | aduleras | adulet | adulèram | adulèratz | aduleran | |
future | adularai | adularàs | adulará | adularem | adularetz | adularán | |
conditional | adulariá | adulariàs | adulariá | adulariam | adulariatz | adularián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | adulèra | adulèras | adulèra | aduleram | aduleratz | adulèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | adule | adules | adule | adulem | aduletz | adulen | |
imperfect | adulèsse | adulèsses | adulèsse | adulèssem | adulèssetz | adulèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
adula | adulem | adulatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | adular | aver adulat | |||||
gerund | adulant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | adulat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | adule | adules | adula | adulam | adulatz | adulan | |
imperfect | adulavi | adulavas | adulava | adulàvem | adulàvetz | adulavan | |
preterite | adulère | adulères | adulèt | aduleriam | aduleriatz | adulèron | |
future | adularai | adularàs | adularà | adularem | adularetz | adularàn | |
conditional | adulariáu | adulariás | adulariá | adulariam | adulariatz | adularián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | adulèra | adulèras | adulèra | aduleram | aduleratz | adulèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | adule | adules | adule | adulem | aduletz | adulan | |
imperfect | adulèsse | adulèsses | adulèsse | adulessiam | adulessiatz | adulèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
adula | adulem | adulatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Related terms
- adulacion
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdu.lar/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ular
- Syllabification: a‧du‧lar
Declension
References
- Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “adular”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- Ignacy Jakowicki (1827) Wykład oryktognozyi i początków geognozyi, page 119
Further reading
- adular in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “adular”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 10
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.duˈla(ʁ)/ [a.duˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.duˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.duˈla(ʁ)/ [a.duˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.duˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.duˈlaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuˈlaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.duˈla.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðuˈla.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: a‧du‧lar
Verb
adular (first-person singular present adulo, first-person singular preterite adulei, past participle adulado)
- (transitive) to flatter; to adulate (compliment someone excessively)
- Synonyms: puxar saco, bajular, elogiar
- (transitive, Northeastern Brazil) to esteem, to have good regards for someone
- Synonyms: estimar, considerar, adorar
- (transitive, Minas Gerais) to pet, to caress
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
- adulação
- adulador
- adulativo
- adulatório
Further reading
- “adular” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “adular” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “adular” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “adular” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “adular” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “adular” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.duˈlar/
Declension
Further reading
- adular in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aduˈlaɾ/ [a.ð̞uˈlaɾ]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧du‧lar
Verb
adular (first-person singular present adulo, first-person singular preterite adulé, past participle adulado)
Conjugation
infinitive | adular | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | adulando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | adulado | adulada | |||||
plural | adulados | aduladas | |||||
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 | adulo | adulastú adulásvos |
adula | adulamos | aduláis | adulan | |
imperfect | adulaba | adulabas | adulaba | adulábamos | adulabais | adulaban | |
preterite | adulé | adulaste | aduló | adulamos | adulasteis | adularon | |
future | adularé | adularás | adulará | adularemos | adularéis | adularán | |
conditional | adularía | adularías | adularía | adularíamos | adularíais | adularían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | adule | adulestú adulésvos2 |
adule | adulemos | aduléis | adulen | |
imperfect (ra) |
adulara | adularas | adulara | aduláramos | adularais | adularan | |
imperfect (se) |
adulase | adulases | adulase | adulásemos | adulaseis | adulasen | |
future1 | adulare | adulares | adulare | aduláremos | adulareis | adularen | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | adulatú adulávos |
adule | adulemos | adulad | adulen | ||
negative | no adules | no adule | no adulemos | no aduléis | no adulen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive adular | |||||||
dative | adularme | adularte | adularle, adularse | adularnos | adularos | adularles, adularse | |
accusative | adularme | adularte | adularlo, adularla, adularse | adularnos | adularos | adularlos, adularlas, adularse | |
with gerund adulando | |||||||
dative | adulándome | adulándote | adulándole, adulándose | adulándonos | adulándoos | adulándoles, adulándose | |
accusative | adulándome | adulándote | adulándolo, adulándola, adulándose | adulándonos | adulándoos | adulándolos, adulándolas, adulándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative adula | |||||||
dative | adúlame | adúlate | adúlale | adúlanos | not used | adúlales | |
accusative | adúlame | adúlate | adúlalo, adúlala | adúlanos | not used | adúlalos, adúlalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative adulá | |||||||
dative | adulame | adulate | adulale | adulanos | not used | adulales | |
accusative | adulame | adulate | adulalo, adulala | adulanos | not used | adulalos, adulalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative adule | |||||||
dative | adúleme | not used | adúlele, adúlese | adúlenos | not used | adúleles | |
accusative | adúleme | not used | adúlelo, adúlela, adúlese | adúlenos | not used | adúlelos, adúlelas | |
with first-person plural imperative adulemos | |||||||
dative | not used | adulémoste | adulémosle | adulémonos | adulémoos | adulémosles | |
accusative | not used | adulémoste | adulémoslo, adulémosla | adulémonos | adulémoos | adulémoslos, adulémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative adulad | |||||||
dative | aduladme | not used | aduladle | aduladnos | adulaos | aduladles | |
accusative | aduladme | not used | aduladlo, aduladla | aduladnos | adulaos | aduladlos, aduladlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative adulen | |||||||
dative | adúlenme | not used | adúlenle | adúlennos | not used | adúlenles, adúlense | |
accusative | adúlenme | not used | adúlenlo, adúlenla | adúlennos | not used | adúlenlos, adúlenlas, adúlense |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “adular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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