atrasar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

atrazar (obsolete)

Etymology

From atrás (“behind”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈza(ʁ)/ [a.tɾaˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈza(ʁ)/ [a.tɾaˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tɾaˈza(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɾɐˈzaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɾɐˈza.ɾi/

Hyphenation: a‧tra‧sar

Verb

atrasar (first-person singular present atraso, first-person singular preterite atrasei, past participle atrasado)

(transitive) to delay
Tivemos que atrasar a conclusão do projeto. ― We had to delay the completion of the project.
(pronominal) to be late or to be delayed
O paciente se atrasou e perdeu a consulta. ― The patient was late and missed the appointment.

Nosso voo se atrasou. ― Our flight was delayed.
to hinder progress
to put back (a clock)

Conjugation

Conjugation of atrasar (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	atrasar
Personal	atrasar	atrasares	atrasar	atrasarmos	atrasardes	atrasarem
Gerund
	atrasando
Past participle
Masculine	atrasado			atrasados
Feminine	atrasada			atrasadas
Indicative
Present	atraso	atrasas	atrasa	atrasamos	atrasais	atrasam
Imperfect	atrasava	atrasavas	atrasava	atrasávamos	atrasáveis	atrasavam
Preterite	atrasei	atrasaste	atrasou	atrasamos¹, atrasámos²	atrasastes	atrasaram
Pluperfect	atrasara	atrasaras	atrasara	atrasáramos	atrasáreis	atrasaram
Future	atrasarei	atrasarás	atrasará	atrasaremos	atrasareis	atrasarão
Conditional	atrasaria	atrasarias	atrasaria	atrasaríamos	atrasaríeis	atrasariam
Subjunctive
Present	atrase	atrases	atrase	atrasemos	atraseis	atrasem
Imperfect	atrasasse	atrasasses	atrasasse	atrasássemos	atrasásseis	atrasassem
Future	atrasar	atrasares	atrasar	atrasarmos	atrasardes	atrasarem
Imperative
Affirmative		atrasa	atrase	atrasemos	atrasai	atrasem
Negative (não)		não atrases	não atrase	não atrasemos	não atraseis	não atrasem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From atrás (“behind”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /atɾaˈsaɾ/ [a.t̪ɾaˈsaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧tra‧sar

Verb

atrasar (first-person singular present atraso, first-person singular preterite atrasé, past participle atrasado)

to delay
Synonyms: retrasar, demorar

Conjugation

Conjugation of atrasar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			atrasar
gerund			atrasando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		atrasado		atrasada
		plural		atrasados		atrasadas
		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	atraso	atrasas^{^tú} atrasás^{^vos}	atrasa	atrasamos	atrasáis	atrasan
	imperfect	atrasaba	atrasabas	atrasaba	atrasábamos	atrasabais	atrasaban
	preterite	atrasé	atrasaste	atrasó	atrasamos	atrasasteis	atrasaron
	future	atrasaré	atrasarás	atrasará	atrasaremos	atrasaréis	atrasarán
	conditional	atrasaría	atrasarías	atrasaría	atrasaríamos	atrasaríais	atrasarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	atrase	atrases^{^tú} atrasés^{^vos²}	atrase	atrasemos	atraséis	atrasen
	imperfect (ra)	atrasara	atrasaras	atrasara	atrasáramos	atrasarais	atrasaran
	imperfect (se)	atrasase	atrasases	atrasase	atrasásemos	atrasaseis	atrasasen
	future¹	atrasare	atrasares	atrasare	atrasáremos	atrasareis	atrasaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		atrasa^{^tú} atrasá^{^vos}	atrase	atrasemos	atrasad	atrasen
	negative		no atrases	no atrase	no atrasemos	no atraséis	no atrasen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of atrasar

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 atrasar	dative	atrasarme	atrasarte	atrasarle, atrasarse	atrasarnos	atrasaros	atrasarles, atrasarse
with infinitive atrasar	accusative	atrasarme	atrasarte	atrasarlo, atrasarla, atrasarse	atrasarnos	atrasaros	atrasarlos, atrasarlas, atrasarse

with gerund atrasando	dative	atrasándome	atrasándote	atrasándole, atrasándose	atrasándonos	atrasándoos	atrasándoles, atrasándose
with gerund atrasando	accusative	atrasándome	atrasándote	atrasándolo, atrasándola, atrasándose	atrasándonos	atrasándoos	atrasándolos, atrasándolas, atrasándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative atrasa	dative	atrásame	atrásate	atrásale	atrásanos	not used	atrásales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative atrasa	accusative	atrásame	atrásate	atrásalo, atrásala	atrásanos	not used	atrásalos, atrásalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative atrasá	dative	atrasame	atrasate	atrasale	atrasanos	not used	atrasales
	accusative	atrasame	atrasate	atrasalo, atrasala	atrasanos	not used	atrasalos, atrasalas

with formal second-person singular imperative atrase	dative	atráseme	not used	atrásele, atrásese	atrásenos	not used	atráseles
with formal second-person singular imperative atrase	accusative	atráseme	not used	atráselo, atrásela, atrásese	atrásenos	not used	atráselos, atráselas

with first-person plural imperative atrasemos	dative	not used	atrasémoste	atrasémosle	atrasémonos	atrasémoos	atrasémosles
with first-person plural imperative atrasemos	accusative	not used	atrasémoste	atrasémoslo, atrasémosla	atrasémonos	atrasémoos	atrasémoslos, atrasémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative atrasad	dative	atrasadme	not used	atrasadle	atrasadnos	atrasaos	atrasadles
with informal second-person plural imperative atrasad	accusative	atrasadme	not used	atrasadlo, atrasadla	atrasadnos	atrasaos	atrasadlos, atrasadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative atrasen	dative	atrásenme	not used	atrásenle	atrásennos	not used	atrásenles, atrásense
with formal second-person plural imperative atrasen	accusative	atrásenme	not used	atrásenlo, atrásenla	atrásennos	not used	atrásenlos, atrásenlas, atrásense

atrasar

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