desdobrar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.doˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [dez.doˈbɾa(h)], /d͡ʒiz.doˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.doˈbɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /dez.doˈbɾa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒiz.doˈbɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʒ.doˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [deʒ.doˈbɾa(χ)], /d͡ʒiʒ.doˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.doˈbɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.doˈbɾa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒ.duˈbɾaɾ/ [dɨʒ.ðuˈβɾaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒ.duˈbɾa.ɾi/ [dɨʒ.ðuˈβɾa.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: des‧do‧brar
Verb
desdobrar (first-person singular present desdobro, first-person singular preterite desdobrei, past participle desdobrado)
- (transitive) to unfold, to open up
- Synonym: abrir
- (transitive) to extend, to stretch out
- Synonym: estender
- (transitive) to spread out
Conjugation
Conjugation of desdobrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- desdobramento
- desdobrável
Further reading
- “desdobrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025