engaiolar
Portuguese
Etymology
From en- + gaiola (“cage”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaj.oˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡaɪ̯.oˈla(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaj.oˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡaɪ̯.oˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaj.oˈla(ɾ)/ [ẽ.ɡaɪ̯.oˈla(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaj.oˈla(ɾ)/ [ĩ.ɡaɪ̯.oˈla(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaj.oˈla(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡaɪ̯.oˈla(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaj.oˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡaɪ̯.oˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaj.oˈla(ɻ)/ [ẽ.ɡaɪ̯.oˈla(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaj.oˈla(ɻ)/ [ĩ.ɡaɪ̯.oˈla(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ɡaj.uˈlaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ɡaj.uˈla.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: en‧gai‧o‧lar
Verb
engaiolar (first-person singular present engaiolo, first-person singular preterite engaiolei, past participle engaiolado)
- (transitive) to cage (to put into a cage)
Conjugation
Conjugation of engaiolar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- desengaiolar
Further reading
- “engaiolar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025