embasar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Galician-Portuguese en-

Portuguese em-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis

Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis

Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor.

Latin basislbor.

Portuguese base

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese embasar

From em- + base (“base; basis”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɐˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɐˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɐˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: em‧ba‧sar

Verb

embasar (first-person singular present embaso, first-person singular preterite embasei, past participle embasado)

1. (transitive, architecture) to build (a building’s) foundation
2. (transitive) to base [with direct object ‘an opinion, idea, procedure, etc.’ and em ‘on someone/something’]

   Ele embasou a teoria nas suas observações. ― He based the theory on his observations.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embasar (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	embasar
Personal	embasar	embasares	embasar	embasarmos	embasardes	embasarem
Gerund
	embasando
Past participle
Masculine	embasado	embasados
Feminine	embasada	embasadas
Indicative
Present	embaso	embasas	embasa	embasamos	embasais	embasam
Imperfect	embasava	embasavas	embasava	embasávamos	embasáveis	embasavam
Preterite	embasei	embasaste	embasou	embasamos1, embasámos2	embasastes	embasaram
Pluperfect	embasara	embasaras	embasara	embasáramos	embasáreis	embasaram
Future	embasarei	embasarás	embasará	embasaremos	embasareis	embasarão
Conditional	embasaria	embasarias	embasaria	embasaríamos	embasaríeis	embasariam
Subjunctive
Present	embase	embases	embase	embasemos	embaseis	embasem
Imperfect	embasasse	embasasses	embasasse	embasássemos	embasásseis	embasassem
Future	embasar	embasares	embasar	embasarmos	embasardes	embasarem
Imperative
Affirmative		embasa	embase	embasemos	embasai	embasem
Negative (não)	não embases	não embase	não embasemos	não embaseis	não embasem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• base
• embasado
• embasamento

Further reading

• “embasar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “embasar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Verb

embasar

1. only used in se ... embasar, syntactic variant of embasarse