praguejar
Portuguese
Etymology
From praga (“curse”) + -ejar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾa.ɡeˈʒa(ʁ)/ [pɾa.ɡeˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pɾa.ɡeˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾa.ɡeˈʒa(ʁ)/ [pɾa.ɡeˈʒa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾa.ɡeˈʒa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɐ.ɡɨˈʒaɾ/ [pɾɐ.ɣɨˈʒaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɐ.ɡɨˈʒa.ɾi/ [pɾɐ.ɣɨˈʒa.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: pra‧gue‧jar
Verb
praguejar (first-person singular present praguejo, first-person singular preterite praguejei, past participle praguejado)
- (intransitive) to curse (to place curses)
- Synonyms: amaldiçoar, maldiçoar, pragalhar, vociferar
- (Portugal) to cuss, to utter profanities
- (Brazil) to become infested with weeds
Conjugation
Conjugation of praguejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
References
- “praguejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “praguejar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “praguejar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “praguejar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025