vadear

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-óm

Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm

Proto-Italic *waðom

Latin vadum

Old Spanish vado

Spanish vado

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish vadearbor.

Portuguese vadear

Borrowed from Spanish vadear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.deˈa(ʁ)/ [va.deˈa(h)], /va.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [va.d͡ʒiˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.deˈa(ʁ)/ [va.deˈa(h)], /va.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [va.d͡ʒiˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /va.deˈa(ɾ)/, /va.d͡ʒiˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /va.deˈa(ʁ)/ [va.deˈa(χ)], /va.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [va.d͡ʒiˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /va.deˈa(ɻ)/, /va.d͡ʒiˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈdjaɾ/ [vɐˈðjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈdjaɾ/ [vɐˈðjaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈdjaɾ/ [bɐˈðjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈdja.ɾi/

• Homophone: vadiar (Portugal, some Brazilian pronunciations)
• Hyphenation: va‧de‧ar

Verb

vadear (first-person singular present vadeio, first-person singular preterite vadeei, past participle vadeado)

1. to ford; to wade (to walk through a body of water)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vadear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	vadear
Personal	vadear	vadeares	vadear	vadearmos	vadeardes	vadearem
Gerund
	vadeando
Past participle
Masculine	vadeado			vadeados
Feminine	vadeada			vadeadas
Indicative
Present	vadeio	vadeias	vadeia	vadeamos	vadeais	vadeiam
Imperfect	vadeava	vadeavas	vadeava	vadeávamos	vadeáveis	vadeavam
Preterite	vadeei	vadeaste	vadeou	vadeamos1, vadeámos2	vadeastes	vadearam
Pluperfect	vadeara	vadearas	vadeara	vadeáramos	vadeáreis	vadearam
Future	vadearei	vadearás	vadeará	vadearemos	vadeareis	vadearão
Conditional	vadearia	vadearias	vadearia	vadearíamos	vadearíeis	vadeariam
Subjunctive
Present	vadeie	vadeies	vadeie	vadeemos	vadeeis	vadeiem
Imperfect	vadeasse	vadeasses	vadeasse	vadeássemos	vadeásseis	vadeassem
Future	vadear	vadeares	vadear	vadearmos	vadeardes	vadearem
Imperative
Affirmative		vadeia	vadeie	vadeemos	vadeai	vadeiem
Negative (não)		não vadeies	não vadeie	não vadeemos	não vadeeis	não vadeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• vadeável

Related terms

• vau

Further reading

• “vadear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-óm

Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm

Proto-Italic *waðom

Latin vadum

Old Spanish vado

Spanish vado

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish vadear

From vado + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /badeˈaɾ/ [ba.ð̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: va‧de‧ar

Verb

vadear (first-person singular present vadeo, first-person singular preterite vadeé, past participle vadeado)

1. (transitive) to ford
2. (transitive) to wade, to wade across

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vadear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			vadear
gerund			vadeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vadeado		vadeada
		plural		vadeados		vadeadas
		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	vadeo	vadeastú vadeásvos	vadea	vadeamos	vadeáis	vadean
	imperfect	vadeaba	vadeabas	vadeaba	vadeábamos	vadeabais	vadeaban
	preterite	vadeé	vadeaste	vadeó	vadeamos	vadeasteis	vadearon
	future	vadearé	vadearás	vadeará	vadearemos	vadearéis	vadearán
	conditional	vadearía	vadearías	vadearía	vadearíamos	vadearíais	vadearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vadee	vadeestú vadeésvos2	vadee	vadeemos	vadeéis	vadeen
	imperfect (ra)	vadeara	vadearas	vadeara	vadeáramos	vadearais	vadearan
	imperfect (se)	vadease	vadeases	vadease	vadeásemos	vadeaseis	vadeasen
	future1	vadeare	vadeares	vadeare	vadeáremos	vadeareis	vadearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vadeatú vadeávos	vadee	vadeemos	vadead	vadeen
	negative		no vadees	no vadee	no vadeemos	no vadeéis	no vadeen

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

    Selected combined forms of vadear

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 vadear	dative	vadearme	vadearte	vadearle, vadearse	vadearnos	vadearos	vadearles, vadearse
	accusative	vadearme	vadearte	vadearlo, vadearla, vadearse	vadearnos	vadearos	vadearlos, vadearlas, vadearse
with gerund vadeando	dative	vadeándome	vadeándote	vadeándole, vadeándose	vadeándonos	vadeándoos	vadeándoles, vadeándose
	accusative	vadeándome	vadeándote	vadeándolo, vadeándola, vadeándose	vadeándonos	vadeándoos	vadeándolos, vadeándolas, vadeándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative vadea	dative	vadéame	vadéate	vadéale	vadéanos	not used	vadéales
	accusative	vadéame	vadéate	vadéalo, vadéala	vadéanos	not used	vadéalos, vadéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative vadeá	dative	vadeame	vadeate	vadeale	vadeanos	not used	vadeales
	accusative	vadeame	vadeate	vadealo, vadeala	vadeanos	not used	vadealos, vadealas
with formal second-person singular imperative vadee	dative	vadéeme	not used	vadéele, vadéese	vadéenos	not used	vadéeles
	accusative	vadéeme	not used	vadéelo, vadéela, vadéese	vadéenos	not used	vadéelos, vadéelas
with first-person plural imperative vadeemos	dative	not used	vadeémoste	vadeémosle	vadeémonos	vadeémoos	vadeémosles
	accusative	not used	vadeémoste	vadeémoslo, vadeémosla	vadeémonos	vadeémoos	vadeémoslos, vadeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vadead	dative	vadeadme	not used	vadeadle	vadeadnos	vadeaos	vadeadles
	accusative	vadeadme	not used	vadeadlo, vadeadla	vadeadnos	vadeaos	vadeadlos, vadeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vadeen	dative	vadéenme	not used	vadéenle	vadéennos	not used	vadéenles, vadéense
	accusative	vadéenme	not used	vadéenlo, vadéenla	vadéennos	not used	vadéenlos, vadéenlas, vadéense

Derived terms

• vadeable
• vadeo

Descendants

• → Portuguese: vadear

Further reading

• “vadear”, 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