especar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.peˈka(ʁ)/ [is.peˈka(h)], /es.peˈka(ʁ)/ [es.peˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.peˈka(ɾ)/, /es.peˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.peˈka(ʁ)/ [iʃ.peˈka(χ)], /eʃ.peˈka(ʁ)/ [eʃ.peˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.peˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɨˈkaɾ/
- Hyphenation: es‧pe‧car
Verb
especar (first-person singular present especo, first-person singular preterite espequei, past participle especado)
- to sustain with handspikes
- (figuratively) to protect, to safeguard
- to become still and firm like a handspike
Conjugation
Conjugation of especar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
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