centrifugar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽ.tɾi.fuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [sẽ.tɾi.fuˈɡa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /sẽ.tɾi.fuˈɡa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /sẽ.tɾi.fuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [sẽ.tɾi.fuˈɡa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽ.tɾi.fuˈɡa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽ.tɾi.fuˈɡaɾ/ [sẽ.tɾi.fuˈɣaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽ.tɾi.fuˈɡa.ɾi/ [sẽ.tɾi.fuˈɣa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: cen‧tri‧fu‧gar

Verb

centrifugar (first-person singular present centrifugo, first-person singular preterite centrifuguei, past participle centrifugado)

  1. to centrifuge

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From centrífuga +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θentɾifuˈɡaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪ɾi.fuˈɣ̞aɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /sentɾifuˈɡaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪ɾi.fuˈɣ̞aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cen‧tri‧fu‧gar

Verb

centrifugar (first-person singular present centrifugo, first-person singular preterite centrifugué, past participle centrifugado)

  1. (transitive) to centrifuge
    • 2018 September 13, “Beber sangre humana joven sería la clave para vivir más y mejor”, in Clarín[1]:
      Kardashian realiza una terapia que consiste en tomar su propia sangre, centrifugarla, extraerle el plasma e inyectárselo en la cara.
      Kardashian undergoes a therapy that consists of taking her own blood, centrifuging it, extracting the plasma from it and injecting it in her face.

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