eletrocutir

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French électrocuter, with association to the Latin verb quatere (to shake). In its form *cutere, which it took when prefixed, this Latin term is the primary element of verbs such as discutir and percutir.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.le.tɾo.kuˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [e.le.tɾo.kuˈt͡ʃi(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /e.le.tɾo.kuˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /e.le.tɾo.kuˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [e.le.tɾo.kuˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.le.tɾo.kuˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.lɛ.tɾɔ.kuˈtiɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.lɛ.tɾɔ.kuˈti.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧tro‧cu‧tir

Verb

eletrocutir (first-person singular present eletrocuto, first-person singular preterite eletrocuti, past participle eletrocutido)

  1. alternative form of eletrocutar

Conjugation

Further reading