aventurar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aventurar: aventura +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aβentuˈɾaɾ]

Verb

aventurar (first-person singular present aventuro, first-person singular preterite aventurei, past participle aventurado)

  1. (pronominal) to venture, risk oneself
    Synonym: arriscar
  2. (transitive) to bet
    Synonym: apostar

Conjugation

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From aventura +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.vẽ.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.vẽ.tuˈɾa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.vẽ.tuˈɾa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.vẽ.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.vẽ.tuˈɾa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.vẽ.tuˈɾa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.vẽ.tuˈɾaɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bẽ.tuˈɾaɾ/ [ɐ.βẽ.tuˈɾaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.vẽ.tuˈɾa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: a‧ven‧tu‧rar

Verb

aventurar (first-person singular present aventuro, first-person singular preterite aventurei, past participle aventurado)

  1. (transitive) to venture; to risk (to try or put forth something risky)
    O vendedor aventurou um preço alto demais.The salesman ventured an excessively high price.
  2. (pronominal) to go on an adventure
    Chega de televisão, vou me aventurar no mato!Enough television, I’m going on an adventure in the woods!
  3. (pronominal) to risk (to make the risky attempt of) [with a (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’]
    O fugitivo aventurou-se a pular do precipício.The fugitive risked jumping from the precipice.

Conjugation

Romanian

Etymology

From aventura +‎ -ar.

Noun

aventurar m (plural aventurari)

  1. adventurer

Declension

Declension of aventurar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative aventurar aventurarul aventurari aventurarii
genitive-dative aventurar aventurarului aventurari aventurarilor
vocative aventurarule aventurarilor

References

  • aventurar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From aventura +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abentuˈɾaɾ/ [a.β̞ẽn̪.t̪uˈɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ven‧tu‧rar

Verb

aventurar (first-person singular present aventuro, first-person singular preterite aventuré, past participle aventurado)

  1. to risk
    Synonym: arriesgar
  2. to venture, hazard (an opinion)
    Synonym: atrever
    • 2012 June 17, Rebeca Carranco, “Cataluña fue la comunidad con más homicidios en los últimos cinco años”, in El País[1]:
      “El criminólogo belga Quetelet decía que las sociedades que pasan periodos prolongados en sus casas son más propensas a los homicidios. Nosotros salimos bastante”, aventura Ortiz de Urbina.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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