Jump to content

devorar

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Catalan

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dēvorāre.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

devorar (first-person singular present devoro, first-person singular preterite devorí, past participle devorat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɔ/; (Valencia) /o/

  1. to devour
  2. (colloquial) to pig out, to gorge

Conjugation

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]

Ido

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from English devourFrench dévorerItalian divorareSpanish devorar, all from Latin dēvorō (I devour).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

devorar (present tense devoras, past tense devoris, future tense devoros, imperative devorez, conditional devorus)

  1. to devour; to eat greedily

Conjugation

[edit]

Synonyms

[edit]

Portuguese

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dēvorāre (to devour), from vorō (to devour), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (to devour).

Pronunciation

[edit]
 
 

  • Hyphenation: de‧vo‧rar

Verb

[edit]

devorar (first-person singular present devoro, first-person singular preterite devorei, past participle devorado)

  1. to devour (to eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously)
    Synonym: consumir
    • 1890, Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:
      E devorava-a de beijos violentos, repetidos, quentes, que sufocavam a menina, enchendo-a de espanto e de um instintivo temor cuja origem a pobrezinha, na sua simplicidade, não podia saber qual era.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to devour (to take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze)

Conjugation

[edit]
[edit]

Spanish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Latin dēvorāre.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /deboˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.β̞oˈɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧vo‧rar

Verb

[edit]

devorar (first-person singular present devoro, first-person singular preterite devoré, past participle devorado)

  1. to devour
    Synonym: jambarse (Mexico)

Conjugation

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]