desabotoar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.za.bo.toˈa(ʁ)/ [de.za.bo.toˈa(h)], /d͡ʒi.za.bo.toˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.bo.toˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.za.bo.toˈa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.za.bo.toˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.za.bo.toˈa(ʁ)/ [de.za.bo.toˈa(χ)], /d͡ʒi.za.bo.toˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.bo.toˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.za.bo.toˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɐ.buˈtwaɾ/ [dɨ.zɐ.βuˈtwaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɐ.buˈtwa.ɾi/ [dɨ.zɐ.βuˈtwa.ɾi]
Verb
desabotoar (first-person singular present desabotoo, first-person singular preterite desabotoei, past participle desabotoado)
- to unbutton
- Antonym: abotoar
- (figuratively) to speak one's mind
Conjugation
Conjugation of desabotoar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2Superseded.
3European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- desabotoamento
Further reading
- “desabotoar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025