grifar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾiˈfa(ʁ)/ [ɡɾiˈfa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɡɾiˈfa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɡɾiˈfa(ʁ)/ [ɡɾiˈfa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾiˈfa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾiˈfaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾiˈfa.ɾi/
Verb
grifar (first-person singular present grifo, first-person singular preterite grifei, past participle grifado) (transitive)
- (printing) to italicize (a letter), to cause to slant to the right
- Synonym: italicizar
- to underline (a word)
- to emphasize (a word when speaking)
- to curl, to crimp (hair)
Conjugation
Conjugation of grifar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
References
- “grifar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “grifar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025