patinhar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.t͡ʃĩˈɲa(ʁ)/ [pa.t͡ʃĩˈj̃a(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pa.t͡ʃĩˈɲa(ɾ)/ [pa.t͡ʃĩˈj̃a(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pa.t͡ʃĩˈɲa(ʁ)/ [pa.t͡ʃĩˈj̃a(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.t͡ʃiˈɲa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.tiˈɲaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.tiˈɲa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: pa‧ti‧nhar

Verb

patinhar (first-person singular present patinho, first-person singular preterite patinhei, past participle patinhado)

  1. to splash
    • 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:
      [] alguns deles, patinhando no sangue pegajoso e no leite, começaram logo a retirar e transportar os cadáveres para a cerca, []
      [] several of them, splashing about in the sticky blood and in the milk, then started to pull away the corpses and to transport them to the fence, []

Conjugation