perverter
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈvɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
Noun
perverter (plural perverters)
- Someone or something that perverts.
- a perverter of the justice system
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
- a child finds his own parents his perverters
- 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church:
- a perverter of his law
Synonyms
- See corrupter
References
- “perverter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pervertere.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /peʁ.veʁˈte(ʁ)/ [peɦ.vehˈte(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /peɾ.veɾˈte(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /peʁ.veʁˈte(ʁ)/ [peʁ.veχˈte(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peɻ.veɻˈte(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨɾ.vɨɾˈteɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨɾ.bɨɾˈteɾ/ [pɨɾ.βɨɾˈteɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨɾ.vɨɾˈte.ɾi/
Verb
perverter (first-person singular present perverto, first-person singular preterite perverti, past participle pervertido)
- (transitive) to pervert, to deprave
- (transitive) to perturb, to disturb
- (reflexive) to become perverted or depraved
- (reflexive) to become perturbed or disturbed
Conjugation
Conjugation of perverter (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Conjugation of perverter-se (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
References
- “perverter”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “perverter”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025