flagrar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flagrāre (“to burn, to blaze”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flaˈɡɾa(ʁ)/ [flaˈɡɾa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐˈɡɾaɾ/ [flɐˈɣɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐˈɡɾaɾ/ [flɐˈɣɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐˈɡɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: fla‧grar

Verb

flagrar (first-person singular present flagro, first-person singular preterite flagrei, past participle flagrado)

1. (Brazil, transitive) to catch in the act (to catch someone doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong)

   O criminoso foi flagrado saindo da casa roubada.

   The criminal was caught leaving the robbed house.

2. (intransitive) to burn, to blaze

   Synonyms: queimar, deflagrar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of flagrar (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	flagrar
Personal	flagrar	flagrares	flagrar	flagrarmos	flagrardes	flagrarem
Gerund
	flagrando
Past participle
Masculine	flagrado			flagrados
Feminine	flagrada			flagradas
Indicative
Present	flagro	flagras	flagra	flagramos	flagrais	flagram
Imperfect	flagrava	flagravas	flagrava	flagrávamos	flagráveis	flagravam
Preterite	flagrei	flagraste	flagrou	flagramos1, flagrámos2	flagrastes	flagraram
Pluperfect	flagrara	flagraras	flagrara	flagráramos	flagráreis	flagraram
Future	flagrarei	flagrarás	flagrará	flagraremos	flagrareis	flagrarão
Conditional	flagraria	flagrarias	flagraria	flagraríamos	flagraríeis	flagrariam
Subjunctive
Present	flagre	flagres	flagre	flagremos	flagreis	flagrem
Imperfect	flagrasse	flagrasses	flagrasse	flagrássemos	flagrásseis	flagrassem
Future	flagrar	flagrares	flagrar	flagrarmos	flagrardes	flagrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		flagra	flagre	flagremos	flagrai	flagrem
Negative (não)		não flagres	não flagre	não flagremos	não flagreis	não flagrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• flagrante
• flagra

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Italic *flagrosder.?

Latin flāgrōbor.

Spanish flagrar

Borrowed from Latin flāgrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flaˈɡɾaɾ/ [flaˈɣ̞ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fla‧grar

Verb

flagrar (first-person singular present flagro, first-person singular preterite flagré, past participle flagrado)

1. (poetic) to burn, to blaze

   Synonym: flamear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of flagrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			flagrar
gerund			flagrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		flagrado		flagrada
		plural		flagrados		flagradas
		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	flagro	flagrastú flagrásvos	flagra	flagramos	flagráis	flagran
	imperfect	flagraba	flagrabas	flagraba	flagrábamos	flagrabais	flagraban
	preterite	flagré	flagraste	flagró	flagramos	flagrasteis	flagraron
	future	flagraré	flagrarás	flagrará	flagraremos	flagraréis	flagrarán
	conditional	flagraría	flagrarías	flagraría	flagraríamos	flagraríais	flagrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	flagre	flagrestú flagrésvos2	flagre	flagremos	flagréis	flagren
	imperfect (ra)	flagrara	flagraras	flagrara	flagráramos	flagrarais	flagraran
	imperfect (se)	flagrase	flagrases	flagrase	flagrásemos	flagraseis	flagrasen
	future1	flagrare	flagrares	flagrare	flagráremos	flagrareis	flagraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		flagratú flagrávos	flagre	flagremos	flagrad	flagren
	negative		no flagres	no flagre	no flagremos	no flagréis	no flagren

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

    Selected combined forms of flagrar

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 flagrar	dative	flagrarme	flagrarte	flagrarle, flagrarse	flagrarnos	flagraros	flagrarles, flagrarse
	accusative	flagrarme	flagrarte	flagrarlo, flagrarla, flagrarse	flagrarnos	flagraros	flagrarlos, flagrarlas, flagrarse
with gerund flagrando	dative	flagrándome	flagrándote	flagrándole, flagrándose	flagrándonos	flagrándoos	flagrándoles, flagrándose
	accusative	flagrándome	flagrándote	flagrándolo, flagrándola, flagrándose	flagrándonos	flagrándoos	flagrándolos, flagrándolas, flagrándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative flagra	dative	flágrame	flágrate	flágrale	flágranos	not used	flágrales
	accusative	flágrame	flágrate	flágralo, flágrala	flágranos	not used	flágralos, flágralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative flagrá	dative	flagrame	flagrate	flagrale	flagranos	not used	flagrales
	accusative	flagrame	flagrate	flagralo, flagrala	flagranos	not used	flagralos, flagralas
with formal second-person singular imperative flagre	dative	flágreme	not used	flágrele, flágrese	flágrenos	not used	flágreles
	accusative	flágreme	not used	flágrelo, flágrela, flágrese	flágrenos	not used	flágrelos, flágrelas
with first-person plural imperative flagremos	dative	not used	flagrémoste	flagrémosle	flagrémonos	flagrémoos	flagrémosles
	accusative	not used	flagrémoste	flagrémoslo, flagrémosla	flagrémonos	flagrémoos	flagrémoslos, flagrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative flagrad	dative	flagradme	not used	flagradle	flagradnos	flagraos	flagradles
	accusative	flagradme	not used	flagradlo, flagradla	flagradnos	flagraos	flagradlos, flagradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative flagren	dative	flágrenme	not used	flágrenle	flágrennos	not used	flágrenles, flágrense
	accusative	flágrenme	not used	flágrenlo, flágrenla	flágrennos	not used	flágrenlos, flágrenlas, flágrense

Derived terms

• flagrante

Further reading

• “flagrar”, 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