bostejar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bos.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [bos.teˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /bos.teˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /boʃ.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [boʃ.teˈʒa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bos.teˈʒa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /buʃ.tɨˈʒaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /buʃ.tɨˈʒa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: bos‧te‧jar
Verb
bostejar (first-person singular present bostejo, first-person singular preterite bostejei, past participle bostejado)
- (Brazil, humorous, derogatory, vulgar) to talk or write nonsense
Conjugation
Conjugation of bostejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “bostejar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “bostejar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025