desovar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zoˈva(ʁ)/ [de.zoˈva(h)], /d͡ʒi.zoˈva(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zoˈva(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.zoˈva(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zoˈva(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.zoˈva(ʁ)/ [de.zoˈva(χ)], /d͡ʒi.zoˈva(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zoˈva(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zoˈva(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɔˈvaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɔˈbaɾ/ [dɨ.zɔˈβaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɔˈva.ɾi/
Verb
desovar (first-person singular present desovo, first-person singular preterite desovei, past participle desovado)
- to spawn (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
- (Brazil, colloquial) to ditch, to dispose of [a corpse or stolen vehicle]
Conjugation
Conjugation of desovar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + Latin ovum + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desoˈbaɾ/ [d̪e.soˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧so‧var
Verb
desovar (first-person singular present desovo, first-person singular preterite desové, past participle desovado)
- to spawn, lay eggs
Conjugation
Conjugation of desovar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms
Further reading
- “desovar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024