macetear
Portuguese
Etymology
From macete + -ar. Doublet of macetar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.se.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.se.teˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ma.se.teˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ma.se.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.se.teˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.se.teˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.sɨˈtjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.sɨˈtja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ma‧ce‧te‧ar
Verb
macetear (first-person singular present maceteio, first-person singular preterite maceteei, past participle maceteado)
- (transitive) to hit with a mallet, to mallet
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to create or achieve (something) by trick or ruse
Conjugation
Conjugation of macetear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “macetear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “macetear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025