empertigar
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From en- + obsolete pértiga (“stick, staff, measuring stick”) + -ar. Portuguese pértiga is a semi-learned borrowing from Latin pertica (“staff, measuring rod”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peʁ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.peh.t͡ʃiˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peʁ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.peh.t͡ʃiˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peɾ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peɾ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peʁ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.peχ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peʁ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.peχ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peɻ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peɻ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: em‧per‧ti‧gar
Verb
[edit]empertigar (first-person singular present empertigo, first-person singular preterite empertiguei, past participle empertigado)
- to stiffen
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of empertigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.