faxinar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fa.ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [fa.ʃiˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /fa.ʃiˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fa.ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [fa.ʃiˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fa.ʃiˈna(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɐ.ʃiˈnaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fɐ.ʃiˈna.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: fa‧xi‧nar
Verb
faxinar (first-person singular present faxino, first-person singular preterite faxinei, past participle faxinado)
- to bottom the house (to clean a house extremely thoroughly)
- to set up fascines in a location
Conjugation
Conjugation of faxinar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- faxinagem
Further reading
- “faxinar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025