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empertigar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From en- + obsolete pértiga (stick, staff, measuring stick) + -ar. Portuguese pértiga is a semi-learned borrowing from Latin pertica (staff, measuring rod).

Pronunciation

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  • (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)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɨɾ.tiˈɡaɾ/ [ẽ.pɨɾ.tiˈɣaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.pɨɾ.tiˈɡa.ɾi/ [ẽ.pɨɾ.tiˈɣa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: em‧per‧ti‧gar

Verb

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empertigar (first-person singular present empertigo, first-person singular preterite empertiguei, past participle empertigado)

  1. to stiffen

Conjugation

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