alavancar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.la.vɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/ [a.la.vɐ̃ˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.la.vɐ̃ˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.la.vɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/ [a.la.vɐ̃ˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.la.vɐ̃ˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐ.vɐ̃ˈkaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐ.bɐ̃ˈkaɾ/ [ɐ.lɐ.βɐ̃ˈkaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐ.vɐ̃ˈka.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: a‧la‧van‧car
Verb
alavancar (first-person singular present alavanco, first-person singular preterite alavanquei, past participle alavancado)
- (transitive) to lever (to move with a lever)
- (transitive, figurative) to boost (to help (something) to improve)
Conjugation
Conjugation of alavancar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.