alumiar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alumẽar, from Early Medieval Latin allūmināre. Compare Galician alumear, Spanish alumbrar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.lu.miˈa(ʁ)/ [a.lu.mɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.luˈmja(ʁ)/ [a.luˈmja(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.lu.miˈa(ɾ)/ [a.lu.mɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.luˈmja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.lu.miˈa(ʁ)/ [a.lu.mɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.luˈmja(ʁ)/ [a.luˈmja(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.lu.miˈa(ɻ)/ [a.lu.mɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.luˈmja(ɻ)/

  • Hyphenation: a‧lu‧mi‧ar

Verb

alumiar (first-person singular present alumio, first-person singular preterite alumiei, past participle alumiado)

  1. to illuminate
  2. to clarify
  3. to shed light on

Conjugation

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