requintar

Portuguese

Etymology

From re- + quintar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.kĩˈta(ʁ)/ [he.kĩˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.kĩˈta(ɾ)/ [he.kĩˈta(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.kĩˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.kĩˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.kĩˈta(ɻ)/ [he.kĩˈta(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.kĩˈtaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.kĩˈta.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: re‧quin‧tar

Verb

requintar (first-person singular present requinto, first-person singular preterite requintei, past participle requintado)

  1. (transitive) to refine; to perfect
    Synonym: aprimorar

Conjugation

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Spanish

Verb

requintar (first-person singular present requinto, first-person singular preterite requinté, past participle requintado)

  1. to outdo; to better
  2. (music) to put the tuning up or down by five tones
  3. (Peru, Bolivia) to insult; hurl abuse (at)
    • 2017 July, “El atrevimiento de Marco Peredo”, in El Deber Bolivia:
      Los clubes requintaban contra el presidente, pero ellos lo elegían y reelegían comprados y serviles.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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