enlamear
Portuguese
Etymology
From en- + lama (“mud”) + -ear
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.la.meˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.la.meˈa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.la.meˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.la.meˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.la.meˈa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.la.meˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.la.meˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.la.meˈa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.la.meˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.la.meˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.la.meˈa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.la.meˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.lɐˈmjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.lɐˈmja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: en‧la‧me‧ar
Verb
enlamear (first-person singular present enlameio, first-person singular preterite enlameei, past participle enlameado)
- (transitive) to muddy, to cover with mud
- (transitive, figurative) to muddy (to tarnish someone's reputation)
References
- “enlamear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025