perverter

English

Etymology

From pervert +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈvɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/

Noun

perverter (plural perverters)

  1. 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

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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)

  1. (transitive) to pervert, to deprave
  2. (transitive) to perturb, to disturb
  3. (reflexive) to become perverted or depraved
  4. (reflexive) to become perturbed or disturbed

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