envesgar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.vezˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.vezˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.vezˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.vezˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.vezˈɡa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.vezˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.veʒˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.veʒˈɡa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.veʒˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.veʒˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.vezˈɡa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.vezˈɡa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.vɨʒˈɡaɾ/ [ẽ.vɨʒˈɣaɾ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.bɨʒˈɡaɾ/ [ẽ.bɨʒˈɣaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.vɨʒˈɡa.ɾi/ [ẽ.vɨʒˈɣa.ɾi]
Verb
envesgar (first-person singular present envesgo, first-person singular preterite envesguei, past participle envesgado)
- (transitive) to make cross-eyed
- (intransitive) to become cross-eyed
Conjugation
Conjugation of envesgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “envesgar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “envesgar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025