azular

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-der.?

Classical Persian لاژورد (Lāžvard)

Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward)bor.

Arabic لََازُوَرْد (laāzuward)bor.

Medieval Latin lazulumlbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese azur

Portuguese azul

Proto-Italic *-āzi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ar

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese azular

From azul + -ar. Compare Italian azzurrare.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zuˈla(ʁ)/ [a.zuˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.zuˈla(ʁ)/ [a.zuˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.zuˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.zuˈla(ʁ)/ [a.zuˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.zuˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zuˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧zu‧lar

Verb

azular (first-person singular present azulo, first-person singular preterite azulei, past participle azulado)

1. (transitive) to blue

Conjugation

    Conjugation of azular (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	azular
Personal	azular	azulares	azular	azularmos	azulardes	azularem
Gerund
	azulando
Past participle
Masculine	azulado			azulados
Feminine	azulada			azuladas
Indicative
Present	azulo	azulas	azula	azulamos	azulais	azulam
Imperfect	azulava	azulavas	azulava	azulávamos	azuláveis	azulavam
Preterite	azulei	azulaste	azulou	azulamos1, azulámos2	azulastes	azularam
Pluperfect	azulara	azularas	azulara	azuláramos	azuláreis	azularam
Future	azularei	azularás	azulará	azularemos	azulareis	azularão
Conditional	azularia	azularias	azularia	azularíamos	azularíeis	azulariam
Subjunctive
Present	azule	azules	azule	azulemos	azuleis	azulem
Imperfect	azulasse	azulasses	azulasse	azulássemos	azulásseis	azulassem
Future	azular	azulares	azular	azularmos	azulardes	azularem
Imperative
Affirmative		azula	azule	azulemos	azulai	azulem
Negative (não)		não azules	não azule	não azulemos	não azuleis	não azulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• azulado
• azulador
• azulamento

Further reading

• “azular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “azular”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “azular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From azul +‎ -ar (compare Italian azzurrare).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθuˈlaɾ/ [a.θuˈlaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /asuˈlaɾ/ [a.suˈlaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧zu‧lar

Verb

azular (first-person singular present azulo, first-person singular preterite azulé, past participle azulado)

1. (transitive) to dye blue
   • 2017 August, “Revelan por qué los perros se volvieron azules en la India”, in Al Dia‎^[1]:

     El MPCB ha podido saber que una empresa privada local liberaba a la atmósfera y al agua residuos industriales sin procesar —en concreto polvo colorante de color azul—, lo que azuló a varios perros y aves en la zona.

     The MCBP has determined that a local private business released into the atmosphere and water unprocessed industrial waste - specifically a blue dye powder - which has turned blue many dogs and birds in the area.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of azular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			azular
gerund			azulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		azulado		azulada
		plural		azulados		azuladas
		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	azulo	azulastú azulásvos	azula	azulamos	azuláis	azulan
	imperfect	azulaba	azulabas	azulaba	azulábamos	azulabais	azulaban
	preterite	azulé	azulaste	azuló	azulamos	azulasteis	azularon
	future	azularé	azularás	azulará	azularemos	azularéis	azularán
	conditional	azularía	azularías	azularía	azularíamos	azularíais	azularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	azule	azulestú azulésvos2	azule	azulemos	azuléis	azulen
	imperfect (ra)	azulara	azularas	azulara	azuláramos	azularais	azularan
	imperfect (se)	azulase	azulases	azulase	azulásemos	azulaseis	azulasen
	future1	azulare	azulares	azulare	azuláremos	azulareis	azularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		azulatú azulávos	azule	azulemos	azulad	azulen
	negative		no azules	no azule	no azulemos	no azuléis	no azulen

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

Further reading

• “azular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025