adarvar
Portuguese
Etymology
From adarve (“wall walk”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.daʁˈva(ʁ)/ [a.daɦˈva(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.daɾˈva(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.daʁˈva(ʁ)/ [a.daʁˈva(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.daɻˈva(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɐɾˈvaɾ/ [ɐ.ðɐɾˈvaɾ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɐɾˈbaɾ/ [ɐ.ðɐɾˈβaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.dɐɾˈva.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðɐɾˈva.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: a‧dar‧var
Verb
adarvar (first-person singular present adarvo, first-person singular preterite adarvei, past participle adarvado)
- (transitive) to fortify with wall walk
- 1940, Coelho Netto, Olavo Bilac, “Guararapes”, in A Pátria Brasileira, 27th edition, Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Alves:
- Compunha-se o exército pernambucano de dois mil e seiscentos soldados. Até o meio dia, os dois exércitos se prepararam. Dispunha-se a artilharia, adarvavam-se as trincheiras, estendiam-se as alas da infantaria.
- The Pernambucan army was composed by two thousand six hundred soldiers. Until noon, the two armies prepared. The artillery was deployed, the trenches were fortified, and the infantary flanks were extensive.
Conjugation
Conjugation of adarvar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “adarvar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic ضَرْب (ḍarb, “to beat, strike”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adaɾˈbaɾ/ [a.ð̞aɾˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧dar‧var
Verb
adarvar (first-person singular present adarvo, first-person singular preterite adarvé, past participle adarvado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of adarvar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
- “adarvar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024