papaguear
Portuguese
Etymology
From papagaio (“parrot”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.pa.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.pa.ɡeˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pa.pa.ɡeˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pa.pa.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.pa.ɡeˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.pa.ɡeˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.pɐˈɡjaɾ/ [pɐ.pɐˈɣjaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.pɐˈɡja.ɾi/ [pɐ.pɐˈɣja.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧gue‧ar
Verb
papaguear (first-person singular present papagueio, first-person singular preterite papagueei, past participle papagueado)
- (transitive) to parrot (to repeat exactly without showing understanding)
Conjugation
Conjugation of papaguear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “papaguear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025