mascavar
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mascabar, form of menoscabar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mas.kaˈva(ʁ)/ [mas.kaˈva(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mas.kaˈva(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maʃ.kaˈva(ʁ)/ [maʃ.kaˈva(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mas.kaˈva(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐʃ.kɐˈvaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐʃ.kɐˈbaɾ/ [mɐʃ.kɐˈβaɾ]
- Hyphenation: mas‧ca‧var
Verb
mascavar (first-person singular present mascavo, first-person singular preterite mascavei, past participle mascavado)
- to refine (sugar)
- to adulterate
- (figuratively) to mispronounce
Conjugation
Conjugation of mascavar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Derived terms
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