aformosear
Portuguese
Etymology
From a- + formoso (“beautiful”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.foʁ.mo.zeˈa(ʁ)/ [a.foɦ.mo.zeˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.foɾ.mo.zeˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.foʁ.mo.zeˈa(ʁ)/ [a.foʁ.mo.zeˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.foɻ.mo.zeˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.fuɾ.muˈzjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.fuɾ.muˈzja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: a‧for‧mo‧se‧ar
Verb
aformosear (first-person singular present aformoseio, first-person singular preterite aformoseei, past participle aformoseado)
- (transitive) to embellish, to adorn
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:embelezar
- (pronominal) to beautify oneself, to adorn oneself
- aformosear-se
- to beautify oneself
Conjugation
Conjugation of aformosear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “aformosear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025