bestar

See also: består and Be star

English

Etymology

From be- (“about, upon, all over”) +‎ star.

Verb

bestar (third-person singular simple present bestars, present participle bestarring, simple past and past participle bestarred)

1. (transitive, archaic) To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to adorn or decorate with, or as with, stars.

Derived terms

• unbestarred

Anagrams

• Baster, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, baster, breast, rebats, tabers

Portuguese

Etymology

From besta (“beast, fool”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨʃˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨʃˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: bes‧ta

Verb

bestar (first-person singular present besto, first-person singular preterite bestei, past participle bestado)

1. (intransitive, Brazil, colloquial) to spout nonsense

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bestar (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	bestar
Personal	bestar	bestares	bestar	bestarmos	bestardes	bestarem
Gerund
	bestando
Past participle
Masculine	bestado			bestados
Feminine	bestada			bestadas
Indicative
Present	besto	bestas	besta	bestamos	bestais	bestam
Imperfect	bestava	bestavas	bestava	bestávamos	bestáveis	bestavam
Preterite	bestei	bestaste	bestou	bestamos1, bestámos2	bestastes	bestaram
Pluperfect	bestara	bestaras	bestara	bestáramos	bestáreis	bestaram
Future	bestarei	bestarás	bestará	bestaremos	bestareis	bestarão
Conditional	bestaria	bestarias	bestaria	bestaríamos	bestaríeis	bestariam
Subjunctive
Present	beste	bestes	beste	bestemos	besteis	bestem
Imperfect	bestasse	bestasses	bestasse	bestássemos	bestásseis	bestassem
Future	bestar	bestares	bestar	bestarmos	bestardes	bestarem
Imperative
Affirmative		besta	beste	bestemos	bestai	bestem
Negative (não)		não bestes	não beste	não bestemos	não besteis	não bestem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

• “bestar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Swedish

Noun

bestar

1. indefinite plural of best

Anagrams

• Bertas, betars, staber