apimentar

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ pimenta (pepper) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pi.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.pi.mẽˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.pi.mẽˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.pi.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.pi.mẽˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pi.mẽˈta(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pi.mẽˈtaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pi.mẽˈta.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: a‧pi‧men‧tar

Verb

apimentar (first-person singular present apimento, first-person singular preterite apimentei, past participle apimentado)

  1. (transitive) pepper (add pepper to)
  2. (transitive, figurative) spice up (to make something more exotic, fun or extravagant)

Conjugation

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