bajular

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin baiulāre (to carry a burden) or perhaps from Arabic بَجُلَ (bajula, to be worshipped).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.ʒuˈla(ʁ)/ [ba.ʒuˈla(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ba.ʒuˈla(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ba.ʒuˈla(ʁ)/ [ba.ʒuˈla(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.ʒuˈla(ɻ)/

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ju‧lar

Verb

bajular (first-person singular present bajulo, first-person singular preterite bajulei, past participle bajulado)

  1. to flatter, fawn
    Synonym: adular
  2. to adulate

Conjugation

Derived terms

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