baptizar

Portuguese

Verb

baptizar (first-person singular present baptizo, first-person singular preterite baptizei, past participle baptizado)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batizar. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin baptizāre, from Ancient Greek βαπτίζειν (baptízein).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /babtiˈθaɾ/ [baβ̞.t̪iˈθaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /babtiˈsaɾ/ [baβ̞.t̪iˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bap‧ti‧zar

Verb

baptizar (first-person singular present baptizo, first-person singular preterite bapticé, past participle baptizado)

  1. (obsolete) to baptise

Conjugation

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