avacalhar
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: a‧va‧ca‧lhar
Verb
[edit]avacalhar (first-person singular present avacalho, first-person singular preterite avacalhei, past participle avacalhado)
- (Brazil, informal) to ridicule, mock
- Synonyms: ridicularizar, enxovalhar, rebaixar
- (Brazil, informal) to do something clumsily or carelessly
- Synonyms: abandalhar, desleixar
- avacalhou a limpeza por causa da pressa.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (Brazil, informal) to promote disorder, confusion or embarrassment
- Não seguia as regras, queria avacalhar o jogo.
- They didn't follow the rules, they wanted to screw the game up.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of avacalhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
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