pausar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pausāre. Doublet of posar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəwˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pawˈzaɾ]

Verb

pausar (first-person singular present pauso, first-person singular preterite pausí, past participle pausat)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to pause

   Synonym: posar pausa

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pausar (first conjugation)

infinitive			pausar
gerund			pausant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pausat		pausada
		plural		pausats		pausades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pauso	pauses	pausa	pausem	pauseu	pausen
	imperfect	pausava	pausaves	pausava	pausàvem	pausàveu	pausaven
	future	pausaré	pausaràs	pausarà	pausarem	pausareu	pausaran
	preterite	pausí	pausares	pausà	pausàrem	pausàreu	pausaren
	conditional	pausaria	pausaries	pausaria	pausaríem	pausaríeu	pausarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pausi	pausis	pausi	pausem	pauseu	pausin
	imperfect	pausés	pausessis	pausés	pauséssim	pauséssiu	pausessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	pausa	pausi	pausem	pauseu	pausin
	negative (no)	—	no pausis	no pausi	no pausem	no pauseu	no pausin

Further reading

• “pausar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “pausar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pausar m

1. indefinite plural of pause

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin pausō.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

pausar

1. to put, to place
2. to pose (to ask a question)

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pausar			aver pausat
gerund		pausant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pausat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pausi	pausas	pausa	pausam	pausatz	pausan
	imperfect	pausavi	pausavas	pausava	pausàvem	pausàvetz	pausavan
	preterite	pausèri	pausères	pausèt	pausèrem	pausèretz	pausèron
	future	pausarai	pausaràs	pausarà	pausarem	pausaretz	pausaràn
	conditional	pausariái	pausariás	pausariá	pausariam	pausariatz	pausarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pausèra	pausèras	pausèra	pauseram	pauseratz	pausèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pause	pauses	pause	pausem	pausetz	pausen
	imperfect	pausèssi	pausèsses	pausèsse	pausèssem	pausèssetz	pausèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pausa		pausem	pausatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		pausar			aver pausat
gerund		pausant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pausat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pause	pauses	pausa	pausam	pausatz	pauson
	imperfect	pausave	pausaves	pausava	pausaviam	pausaviatz	pausavon
	preterite	pausere	pauseres	pauset	pausem	pausetz	pauseron
	future	pausarai	pausaràs	pausará	pausarem	pausaretz	pausarán
	conditional	pausariá	pausariás	pausariá	pausariam	pausariatz	pausarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pausèra	pausèras	pausèra	pauseram	pauseratz	pausèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pause	pauses	pause	pausassiam	pausassiatz	pauson
	imperfect	pausesse	pausesses	pausesse	pausessiam	pausessiatz	pausesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pausa		pausassiam	pausatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		pausar			aver pausat
gerund		pausant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pausat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pausi	pausas	pausa	pausam	pausatz	pausan
	imperfect	pausavi	pausavas	pausava	pausàvam	pausàvatz	pausavan
	preterite	pausèi	pausès	pausè	pausèm	pausètz	pausèn
	future	pausarèi	pausaràs	pausarà	pausaram	pausaratz	pausaràn
	conditional	pausarí	pausarés	pausaré	pausarem	pausaretz	pausarén
	conditional 2nd form1	pausèra	pausèras	pausèra	pauseram	pauseratz	pausèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pausi	pauses	pause	pausem	pausetz	pausen
	imperfect	pausèssi	pausèsses	pausèsse	pausèssem	pausèssetz	pausèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pausa		pausem	pausatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		pausar			aver pausat
gerund		pausant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pausat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pause	pausas	pausa	pausam	pausatz	pausan
	imperfect	pausava	pausavas	pausava	pausàvam	pausàvatz	pausavan
	preterite	pausei	pauseras	pauset	pausèram	pausèratz	pauseran
	future	pausarai	pausaràs	pausará	pausarem	pausaretz	pausarán
	conditional	pausariá	pausariàs	pausariá	pausariam	pausariatz	pausarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pausèra	pausèras	pausèra	pauseram	pauseratz	pausèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pause	pauses	pause	pausem	pausetz	pausen
	imperfect	pausèsse	pausèsses	pausèsse	pausèssem	pausèssetz	pausèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pausa		pausem	pausatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		pausar			aver pausat
gerund		pausant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pausat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pause	pauses	pausa	pausam	pausatz	pausan
	imperfect	pausavi	pausavas	pausava	pausàvem	pausàvetz	pausavan
	preterite	pausère	pausères	pausèt	pauseriam	pauseriatz	pausèron
	future	pausarai	pausaràs	pausarà	pausarem	pausaretz	pausaràn
	conditional	pausariáu	pausariás	pausariá	pausariam	pausariatz	pausarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pausèra	pausèras	pausèra	pauseram	pauseratz	pausèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pause	pauses	pause	pausem	pausetz	pausan
	imperfect	pausèsse	pausèsses	pausèsse	pausessiam	pausessiatz	pausèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pausa		pausem	pausatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pausāre. Doublet of pousar and posar

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pawˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pawˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pawˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pau‧sar

Verb

pausar (first-person singular present pauso, first-person singular preterite pausei, past participle pausado)

1. to pause (to interrupt an activity)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pausar (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	pausar
Personal	pausar	pausares	pausar	pausarmos	pausardes	pausarem
Gerund
	pausando
Past participle
Masculine	pausado			pausados
Feminine	pausada			pausadas
Indicative
Present	pauso	pausas	pausa	pausamos	pausais	pausam
Imperfect	pausava	pausavas	pausava	pausávamos	pausáveis	pausavam
Preterite	pausei	pausaste	pausou	pausamos1, pausámos2	pausastes	pausaram
Pluperfect	pausara	pausaras	pausara	pausáramos	pausáreis	pausaram
Future	pausarei	pausarás	pausará	pausaremos	pausareis	pausarão
Conditional	pausaria	pausarias	pausaria	pausaríamos	pausaríeis	pausariam
Subjunctive
Present	pause	pauses	pause	pausemos	pauseis	pausem
Imperfect	pausasse	pausasses	pausasse	pausássemos	pausásseis	pausassem
Future	pausar	pausares	pausar	pausarmos	pausardes	pausarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pausa	pause	pausemos	pausai	pausem
Negative (não)		não pauses	não pause	não pausemos	não pauseis	não pausem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• pausa
• posar
• pose
• pousar
• pouso

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pausāre. Compare the inherited doublet posar. Cognate with English pause.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pauˈsaɾ/ [pau̯ˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pau‧sar

Verb

pausar (first-person singular present pauso, first-person singular preterite pausé, past participle pausado)

1. to pause

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pausar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pausar
gerund			pausando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pausado		pausada
		plural		pausados		pausadas
		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	pauso	pausastú pausásvos	pausa	pausamos	pausáis	pausan
	imperfect	pausaba	pausabas	pausaba	pausábamos	pausabais	pausaban
	preterite	pausé	pausaste	pausó	pausamos	pausasteis	pausaron
	future	pausaré	pausarás	pausará	pausaremos	pausaréis	pausarán
	conditional	pausaría	pausarías	pausaría	pausaríamos	pausaríais	pausarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pause	pausestú pausésvos2	pause	pausemos	pauséis	pausen
	imperfect (ra)	pausara	pausaras	pausara	pausáramos	pausarais	pausaran
	imperfect (se)	pausase	pausases	pausase	pausásemos	pausaseis	pausasen
	future1	pausare	pausares	pausare	pausáremos	pausareis	pausaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pausatú pausávos	pause	pausemos	pausad	pausen
	negative		no pauses	no pause	no pausemos	no pauséis	no pausen

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

    Selected combined forms of pausar

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 pausar
	dative	pausarme	pausarte	pausarle, pausarse	pausarnos	pausaros	pausarles, pausarse
	accusative	pausarme	pausarte	pausarlo, pausarla, pausarse	pausarnos	pausaros	pausarlos, pausarlas, pausarse
with gerund pausando
	dative	pausándome	pausándote	pausándole, pausándose	pausándonos	pausándoos	pausándoles, pausándose
	accusative	pausándome	pausándote	pausándolo, pausándola, pausándose	pausándonos	pausándoos	pausándolos, pausándolas, pausándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pausa
	dative	páusame	páusate	páusale	páusanos	not used	páusales
	accusative	páusame	páusate	páusalo, páusala	páusanos	not used	páusalos, páusalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pausá
	dative	pausame	pausate	pausale	pausanos	not used	pausales
	accusative	pausame	pausate	pausalo, pausala	pausanos	not used	pausalos, pausalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pause
	dative	páuseme	not used	páusele, páusese	páusenos	not used	páuseles
	accusative	páuseme	not used	páuselo, páusela, páusese	páusenos	not used	páuselos, páuselas
with first-person plural imperative pausemos
	dative	not used	pausémoste	pausémosle	pausémonos	pausémoos	pausémosles
	accusative	not used	pausémoste	pausémoslo, pausémosla	pausémonos	pausémoos	pausémoslos, pausémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pausad
	dative	pausadme	not used	pausadle	pausadnos	pausaos	pausadles
	accusative	pausadme	not used	pausadlo, pausadla	pausadnos	pausaos	pausadlos, pausadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pausen
	dative	páusenme	not used	páusenle	páusennos	not used	páusenles, páusense
	accusative	páusenme	not used	páusenlo, páusenla	páusennos	not used	páusenlos, páusenlas, páusense

Related terms

• pausa

 

Further reading

• “pausar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Swedish

Verb

pausar

1. present indicative of pausa