Dictionary · Portuguese

enjoar

verb

Senses

  1. 1.

    to feel nauseous, to feel sick

    to experience nausea or the urge to vomit

  2. 2.

    to get tired of, to get sick of

    to become bored or fed up with something or someone

  3. 3.

    to cause nausea

    to make someone feel sick or nauseated

Examples

  • "Eu enjoo quando viajo de ônibus."

    I get nauseous when I travel by bus.

  • "Ela enjoou daquela comida depois de comer todos os dias."

    She got sick of that food after eating it every day.

  • "O cheiro forte me enjoa."

    The strong smell makes me nauseous.

Usage

Enjoar is commonly used in two main contexts: physical nausea (often with motion sickness or food) and figurative disgust or boredom. The preposition "de" is typically used when expressing what you're sick of (enjoar de algo/alguém). The related noun is "enjoo" (nausea/disgust).

Conjugation

Full table

Presente

indicative
euenjoo
ele/ela/vocêenjoa
nósenjoamos
eles/elas/vocêsenjoam

Pretérito Perfeito

indicative
euenjoei
ele/ela/vocêenjoou
nósenjoamos
eles/elas/vocêsenjoaram

Pretérito Imperfeito

indicative
euenjoava
ele/ela/vocêenjoava
nósenjoávamos
eles/elas/vocêsenjoavam

Pretérito Mais-que-perfeito

indicative
euenjoara
ele/ela/vocêenjoara
nósenjoáramos
eles/elas/vocêsenjoaram