desdizer
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɾ
Verb
desdizer
- to contradict, to belie
Descendants
- Galician: desdicir
- Portuguese: desdizer
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese desdizer. By surface analysis, des- + dizer. Compare Galician desdicir.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [dez.d͡ʒiˈze(h)], /d͡ʒiz.d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.d͡ʒiˈze(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /dez.d͡ʒiˈze(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒiz.d͡ʒiˈze(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʒ.d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [deʒ.d͡ʒiˈze(χ)], /d͡ʒiʒ.d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.d͡ʒiˈze(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.d͡ʒiˈze(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒ.diˈzeɾ/ [dɨʒ.ðiˈzeɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒ.diˈze.ɾi/ [dɨʒ.ðiˈze.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: des‧di‧zer
Verb
desdizer (first-person singular present desdigo, first-person singular preterite desdisse, past participle desdito)
- to contradict (deny the truth of a statement or statements)
- Synonym: contradizer
Conjugation
Conjugation of desdizer (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)