punguear
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pũ.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/ [pũ.ɡeˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pũ.ɡeˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pũ.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/ [pũ.ɡeˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pũ.ɡeˈa(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: pun‧gue‧ar
Verb
punguear (first-person singular present pungueio, first-person singular preterite pungueei, past participle pungueado)
- (Brazil, informal, transitive, intransitive) to pickpocket (to steal something from someone’s pocket)
Conjugation
Conjugation of punguear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “punguear”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “punguear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025