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azotar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From azoto +‎ -ar, from French azote.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧zo‧tar

Verb

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azotar (first-person singular present azoto, first-person singular preterite azotei, past participle azotado)

  1. to azotize, nitrogenize

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ azotar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ azotar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

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Etymology

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From azote (whip) +‎ -ar, from Arabic اَلسَّوْط (as-sawṭ). Compare Portuguese açoitar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aθoˈtaɾ/ [a.θoˈt̪aɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /asoˈtaɾ/ [a.soˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧zo‧tar

Verb

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azotar (first-person singular present azoto, first-person singular preterite azoté, past participle azotado)

  1. (transitive) to whip, flog
    Synonym: flagelar
  2. (transitive, of a disaster, etc.) to strike
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 316:
      La epidemia de cólera que azotó al país hace treinta años.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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