descrever
Galician
Verb
descrever (first-person singular present descrevo, first-person singular preterite descrevim or descrevi, past participle descrito, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of describir
Conjugation
Reintegrated conjugation of descrever (irregular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Related terms
- descriçom, descrição
References
- “descrever” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin describō (“dēscrībere”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [des.kɾeˈve(h)], /d͡ʒis.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kɾeˈve(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.kɾeˈve(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.kɾeˈve(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [deʃ.kɾeˈve(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kɾeˈve(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.kɾeˈve(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kɾɨˈveɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kɾɨˈbeɾ/ [dɨʃ.kɾɨˈβeɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kɾɨˈve.ɾi/
Verb
descrever (first-person singular present descrevo, first-person singular preterite descrevi, past participle descrito)
- (transitive) to describe (to represent in words; to give an account of)
- (transitive) to describe; to delineate (to move in a way that the path forms a given shape)
- (taxonomy, transitive) to describe (to introduce a taxon to science)
- (mathematics, transitive) to describe (to give rise to a geometrical structure)
Conjugation
Conjugation of descrever (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)