cuiar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• kuiar

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Kimbundu [Term?].

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kujˈa(ʁ)/ [kuɪ̯ˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kujˈa(ʁ)/ [kuɪ̯ˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kujˈa(ɾ)/ [kuɪ̯ˈa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kujˈa(ʁ)/ [kuɪ̯ˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kujˈa(ɻ)/ [kuɪ̯ˈa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kujˈaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kujˈaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kujˈa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cui‧ar

Verb

cuiar (first-person singular present cuio, first-person singular preterite cuiei, past participle cuiado)

1. (Angola) to be good, pleasant, joyful, fun
2. (Angola) to be pleasurable, be nice, make happy

References

• “cuiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “cuiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024