auscultar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auscultāre. Doublet of escoltar, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

Verb

auscultar (first-person singular present ausculto, first-person singular preterite auscultí, past participle auscultat)

  1. (medicine) to auscultate (to listen to internal organs)

Conjugation

  • auscultació

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auscultāre (to listen). Compare the inherited doublet escutar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aws.kuwˈta(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯s.kuʊ̯ˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aws.kuwˈta(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯s.kuʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /awʃ.kuwˈta(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ʃ.kuʊ̯ˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aws.kuwˈta(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯s.kuʊ̯ˈta(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /awʃ.kulˈtaɾ/ [awʃ.kuɫˈtaɾ], /o(w)ʃ.kulˈtaɾ/ [o(w)ʃ.kuɫˈtaɾ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /awʃ.kulˈtaɾ/ [awʃ.kuɫˈtaɾ], /owʃ.kulˈtaɾ/ [owʃ.kuɫˈtaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /awʃ.kulˈta.ɾi/ [awʃ.kuɫˈta.ɾi], /oʃ.kulˈta.ɾi/ [oʃ.kuɫˈta.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: aus‧cul‧tar

Verb

auscultar (first-person singular present ausculto, first-person singular preterite auscultei, past participle auscultado)

  1. (medicine) to auscultate (to listen to internal organs)
    • 2013, Patricia Potter, Anne Griffin Perry, Martha Keene Elkin, Procedimentos e Intervenções de Enfermagem, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 136:
      Se você auscultar ruídos adventícios, faça o paciente tossir. Ouça mais uma vez com o estetoscópio para determinar se o som abafou com a tosse.
      If you auscultate adventitious noises, make the patient cough. Listen again with the stethoscope to determine if the sound has been muffled by the cough.
  2. (figuratively) to examine
    Synonym: examinar
  3. (figuratively) to sound out (to question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference)
    • 2011, Manuel da Silva Ramos, Três Vidas ao Espelho, Leya, →ISBN, page 254:
      ... estilo de vida boémio e tabernal para auscultar e consciencializar as classes mais desfavorecidas que continuavam a gostar de vinho e de chalaça.
      ... bohemian and tabernacle lifestyle to sound out to and raise awareness among the poorer classes who still liked wine and chalaça.

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auscultāre (to listen). Compare the inherited doublet escuchar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /auskulˈtaɾ/ [au̯s.kul̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: aus‧cul‧tar

Verb

auscultar (first-person singular present ausculto, first-person singular preterite ausculté, past participle auscultado)

  1. (medicine) to auscultate (to listen to internal organs)
  2. to examine; to probe; to sound out

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.