engajar

engajar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English engage, French engager, German engagieren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enɡaˈʒar/, /enɡaˈd͡ʒar/

Verb

engajar (present tense engajas, past tense engajis, future tense engajos, imperative engajez, conditional engajus)

  1. (transitive) to engage, hire (someone)
  2. (transitive, military) to enlist (someone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of engajar
present past future
infinitive engajar engajir engajor
tense engajas engajis engajos
conditional engajus — —
imperative engajez — —
adjective active participle engajanta engajinta engajonta
adverbial active participle engajante engajinte engajonte
nominal
active participle 		singular engajanto engajinto engajonto
plural engajanti engajinti engajonti
adjective passive participle engajata engajita engajota
adverbial passive participle engajate engajite engajote
nominal
passive participle 		singular engajato engajito engajoto
plural engajati engajiti engajoti

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French engager.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: en‧ga‧jar

Verb

engajar (first-person singular present engajo, first-person singular preterite engajei, past participle engajado)

  1. (transitive) to engage (to hold the attention of)
  2. (transitive) to engage (to enter into conflict with)
  3. (transitive) to engage (to arrange to employ or use)
  4. (transitive) to engage (to gain someone’s support)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of engajar (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 engajar
Personal engajar engajares engajar engajarmos engajardes engajarem
Gerund
engajando
Past participle
Masculine engajado engajados
Feminine engajada engajadas
Indicative
Present engajo engajas engaja engajamos engajais engajam
Imperfect engajava engajavas engajava engajávamos engajáveis engajavam
Preterite engajei engajaste engajou engajamos1, engajámos2 engajastes engajaram
Pluperfect engajara engajaras engajara engajáramos engajáreis engajaram
Future engajarei engajarás engajará engajaremos engajareis engajarão
Conditional engajaria engajarias engajaria engajaríamos engajaríeis engajariam
Subjunctive
Present engaje engajes engaje engajemos engajeis engajem
Imperfect engajasse engajasses engajasse engajássemos engajásseis engajassem
Future engajar engajares engajar engajarmos engajardes engajarem
Imperative
Affirmative engaja engaje engajemos engajai engajem
Negative (não) não engajes não engaje não engajemos não engajeis não engajem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “engajar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
  2. ^ “engajar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Further reading

Spanish

Verb

engajar (first-person singular present engajo, first-person singular preterite engajé, past participle engajado)

  1. (Canary Islands, transitive, reflexive) to choke
    Synonyms: atragantar, engasgar, enyugar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of engajar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive engajar
gerund engajando
past participle masculine feminine
singular engajado engajada
plural engajados engajadas
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 engajo engajastú
engajásvos 		engaja engajamos engajáis engajan
imperfect engajaba engajabas engajaba engajábamos engajabais engajaban
preterite engajé engajaste engajó engajamos engajasteis engajaron
future engajaré engajarás engajará engajaremos engajaréis engajarán
conditional engajaría engajarías engajaría engajaríamos engajaríais engajarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present engaje engajestú
engajésvos2 		engaje engajemos engajéis engajen
imperfect
(ra) 		engajara engajaras engajara engajáramos engajarais engajaran
imperfect
(se) 		engajase engajases engajase engajásemos engajaseis engajasen
future1 engajare engajares engajare engajáremos engajareis engajaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative engajatú
engajávos 		engaje engajemos engajad engajen
negative no engajes no engaje no engajemos no engajéis no engajen

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

    Selected combined forms of engajar

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 engajar dative engajarme engajarte engajarle, engajarse engajarnos engajaros engajarles, engajarse
accusative engajarme engajarte engajarlo, engajarla, engajarse engajarnos engajaros engajarlos, engajarlas, engajarse
with gerund engajando dative engajándome engajándote engajándole, engajándose engajándonos engajándoos engajándoles, engajándose
accusative engajándome engajándote engajándolo, engajándola, engajándose engajándonos engajándoos engajándolos, engajándolas, engajándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative engaja dative engájame engájate engájale engájanos not used engájales
accusative engájame engájate engájalo, engájala engájanos not used engájalos, engájalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative engajá dative engajame engajate engajale engajanos not used engajales
accusative engajame engajate engajalo, engajala engajanos not used engajalos, engajalas
with formal second-person singular imperative engaje dative engájeme not used engájele, engájese engájenos not used engájeles
accusative engájeme not used engájelo, engájela, engájese engájenos not used engájelos, engájelas
with first-person plural imperative engajemos dative not used engajémoste engajémosle engajémonos engajémoos engajémosles
accusative not used engajémoste engajémoslo, engajémosla engajémonos engajémoos engajémoslos, engajémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative engajad dative engajadme not used engajadle engajadnos engajaos engajadles
accusative engajadme not used engajadlo, engajadla engajadnos engajaos engajadlos, engajadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative engajen dative engájenme not used engájenle engájennos not used engájenles, engájense
accusative engájenme not used engájenlo, engájenla engájennos not used engájenlos, engájenlas, engájense

Further reading

  • “engajarse”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010
  • “engasgarse”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021
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