automedicar

Portuguese

Etymology

From auto- +‎ medicar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌaw.tu.me.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu.me.d͡ʒiˈka(h)], /ˌaw.to.me.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.me.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌaw.tu.me.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu.me.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)], /ˌaw.to.me.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.me.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌaw.tu.me.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu.me.d͡ʒiˈka(χ)], /ˌaw.to.me.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.me.d͡ʒiˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌaw.to.me.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)/ [ˌaʊ̯.to.me.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌaw.tɔ.mɨ.diˈkaɾ/ [ˌaw.tɔ.mɨ.ðiˈkaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌaw.tɔ.mɨ.diˈka.ɾi/ [ˌaw.tɔ.mɨ.ðiˈka.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: au‧to‧me‧di‧car

Verb

automedicar (first-person singular present automedico, first-person singular preterite automediquei, past participle automedicado)

  1. (reflexive) to self-medicate (to consume medication without medical advice)
    • 2018, Avery Neal, Relações destrutivas: Se ele é tão bom assim, por que me sinto tão mal?[1], →ISBN:
      Enquanto isso, ela começou a se automedicar, a beber muito vinho à noite para amenizar sua vergonha e solidão e a dormir até muito tarde.
      Meanwhile, she began to self-medicate, drinking a lot of wine at night to ease her shame and loneliness, and sleeping very late.

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Verb

automedicar

  1. only used in se ... automedicar, syntactic variant of automedicarse