perfilar

From perfil (“profile”) +‎ -ar.

perfilar (first-person singular present perfilo, first-person singular preterite perfilei, past participle perfilado)

1. (transitive) to profile; to outline (to create a summary of information about someone or something)
2. (transitive, military) to line up (to arrange soldiers into a line)

   Synonyms: alinhar, enfileirar

3. (pronominal) to stand up straight

   Synonyms: endireitar-se, aprumar-se

4. (transitive) to make someone, or one’s body, stand up straight

   Synonyms: endireitar, aprumar

5. (intransitive, usually pronominal) to report (to show up for an appointment or recruitment) [with para ‘for an appointment, a task, etc.’]

   Synonym: apresentar-se

6. (transitive) to compare (to assess the similarities and differences between things) [with direct object ‘someone/something’ and com ‘with someone/something else’]

   Synonyms: comparar, cotejar

• “perfilar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

From perfil (“profile”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /peɾfiˈlaɾ/ [peɾ.fiˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: per‧fi‧lar

perfilar (first-person singular present perfilo, first-person singular preterite perfilé, past participle perfilado)

1. (transitive) to outline

• “perfilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024