escangalhar

Portuguese

Etymology

From es- +‎ cangalho +‎ -ar. Cognate with Galician escangallar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(ʁ)/ [is.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(h)], /es.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(ʁ)/ [es.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(ɾ)/, /es.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(χ)], /eʃ.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.kɐ̃.ɡaˈʎa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐ̃.ɡɐˈʎaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐ̃.ɡɐˈʎa.ɾi/

Verb

escangalhar (first-person singular present escangalho, first-person singular preterite escangalhei, past participle escangalhado)

  1. (transitive) to dislodge, to disjoint, to disarray
  2. (transitive and intransitive, of an object) to break, to mess up, to ruin
    Ele escangalhou a televisão.He broke the television.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • escangalhação

Further reading