abocanhar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bo.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [a.bo.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bo.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [a.bo.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.bo.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ɾ)/ [a.bo.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.bo.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [a.bo.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bo.kɐˈɲa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bu.kɐˈɲaɾ/ [ɐ.βu.kɐˈɲaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bu.kɐˈɲaɾ/ [ɐ.βu.kɐˈɲaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bu.kɐˈɲa.ɾi/ [ɐ.βu.kɐˈɲa.ɾi]

Verb

abocanhar (first-person singular present abocanho, first-person singular preterite abocanhei, past participle abocanhado)

1. (transitive) bite (to hold something by clamping one’s teeth)

   Synonym: abocar

2. (transitive) bite (to cut something with one’s teeth)

   Synonym: morder

3. (transitive) to eat, devour

   Synonyms: comer, devorar

4. (transitive, figurative) to defame, to slander

   Synonyms: difamar, caluniar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abocanhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	abocanhar
Personal	abocanhar	abocanhares	abocanhar	abocanharmos	abocanhardes	abocanharem
Gerund
	abocanhando
Past participle
Masculine	abocanhado			abocanhados
Feminine	abocanhada			abocanhadas
Indicative
Present	abocanho	abocanhas	abocanha	abocanhamos	abocanhais	abocanham
Imperfect	abocanhava	abocanhavas	abocanhava	abocanhávamos	abocanháveis	abocanhavam
Preterite	abocanhei	abocanhaste	abocanhou	abocanhamos1, abocanhámos2	abocanhastes	abocanharam
Pluperfect	abocanhara	abocanharas	abocanhara	abocanháramos	abocanháreis	abocanharam
Future	abocanharei	abocanharás	abocanhará	abocanharemos	abocanhareis	abocanharão
Conditional	abocanharia	abocanharias	abocanharia	abocanharíamos	abocanharíeis	abocanhariam
Subjunctive
Present	abocanhe	abocanhes	abocanhe	abocanhemos	abocanheis	abocanhem
Imperfect	abocanhasse	abocanhasses	abocanhasse	abocanhássemos	abocanhásseis	abocanhassem
Future	abocanhar	abocanhares	abocanhar	abocanharmos	abocanhardes	abocanharem
Imperative
Affirmative		abocanha	abocanhe	abocanhemos	abocanhai	abocanhem
Negative (não)		não abocanhes	não abocanhe	não abocanhemos	não abocanheis	não abocanhem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “abocanhar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “abocanhar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “abocanhar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025