desinsetizar
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- desinsectizar (pre-1990 spelling)
Etymology
From des- + inseto (“insect”) + -izar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈza(h)], /d͡ʒi.zĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.zĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈza(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.zĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈza(χ)], /d͡ʒi.zĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈza(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zĩ.sɛ.tiˈzaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zĩ.sɛ.tiˈza.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: des‧in‧se‧ti‧zar
Verb
desinsetizar (first-person singular present desinsetizo, first-person singular preterite desinsetizei, past participle desinsetizado)
- to apply insecticides (chemicals that kill or drive away insects)
- Synonym: dedetizar
Conjugation
Conjugation of desinsetizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.