encorajar
Portuguese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ko.ɾaˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ko.ɾaˈʒa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ko.ɾaˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ko.ɾaˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ko.ɾaˈʒa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ko.ɾaˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ko.ɾaˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ko.ɾaˈʒa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ko.ɾaˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ko.ɾaˈʒa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ko.ɾaˈʒa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ko.ɾaˈʒa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ku.ɾɐˈʒaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ku.ɾɐˈʒa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: en‧co‧ra‧jar
Verb
encorajar (first-person singular present encorajo, first-person singular preterite encorajei, past participle encorajado)
- to encourage
- 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 159:
- Ela sorriu encorajando-o.
- She smiled encouraging him.
Conjugation
Conjugation of encorajar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.