abocanhar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bo.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [a.bo.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.bo.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ɾ)/ [a.bo.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.bo.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [a.bo.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bo.kɐˈɲa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bu.kɐˈɲaɾ/ [ɐ.βu.kɐˈɲaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bu.kɐˈɲa.ɾi/ [ɐ.βu.kɐˈɲa.ɾi]
Verb
abocanhar (first-person singular present abocanho, first-person singular preterite abocanhei, past participle abocanhado)
- (transitive) bite (to hold something by clamping one’s teeth)
- Synonym: abocar
- (transitive) bite (to cut something with one’s teeth)
- Synonym: morder
- (transitive) to eat, devour
- (transitive, figurative) to defame, to slander
Conjugation
Conjugation of abocanhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “abocanhar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “abocanhar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “abocanhar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025