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acionar

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French actionner, from Latin actionāre.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [a.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [a.sjoˈna(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.si.oˈna(ɾ)/ [a.sɪ.oˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.sjoˈna(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [a.sɪ.oˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [a.sjoˈna(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.si.oˈna(ɻ)/ [a.sɪ.oˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.sjoˈna(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /a.sjuˈnaɾ/, /ɐ.sjuˈnaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /a.sjuˈna.ɾi/, /ɐ.sjuˈna.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: a‧ci‧o‧nar

Verb

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acionar (first-person singular present aciono, first-person singular preterite acionei, past participle acionado)

  1. (transitive) to action
  2. (transitive) to activate
  3. (transitive) to apply (brakes)
  4. (transitive, law) to prosecute, to sue
    Synonym: processar

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Matamatá”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 64