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especar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From espeque +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.peˈka(ʁ)/ [is.peˈka(h)], /es.peˈka(ʁ)/ [es.peˈka(h)]
 

  • Hyphenation: es‧pe‧car

Verb

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especar (first-person singular present especo, first-person singular preterite espequei, past participle especado)

  1. to sustain with handspikes
  2. (figuratively) to protect, to safeguard
  3. to become still and firm like a handspike

Conjugation

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