adoçar

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- + doce + -ar (compare French adoucir, Spanish adulzar).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.doˈsa(ʁ)/ [a.doˈsa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.doˈsa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.doˈsa(ʁ)/ [a.doˈsa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.doˈsa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.duˈsaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuˈsaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.duˈsa.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðuˈsa.ɾi]

Verb

adoçar (first-person singular present adoço, first-person singular preterite adocei, past participle adoçado)

  1. (transitive) to sweeten
  2. (transitive) to blunt
  3. (transitive, figuratively) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

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