apiedar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pi.eˈda(ʁ)/ [a.pɪ.eˈda(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.pjeˈda(ʁ)/ [a.pjeˈda(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.pi.eˈda(ɾ)/ [a.pɪ.eˈda(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.pjeˈda(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.pi.eˈda(ʁ)/ [a.pɪ.eˈda(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.pjeˈda(ʁ)/ [a.pjeˈda(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pi.eˈda(ɻ)/ [a.pɪ.eˈda(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.pjeˈda(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pjɛˈdaɾ/ [ɐ.pjɛˈðaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pjɛˈda.ɾi/ [ɐ.pjɛˈða.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: a‧pi‧e‧dar
Verb
apiedar (first-person singular present apiedo, first-person singular preterite apiedei, past participle apiedado)
- (intransitive, pronominal) to pity (to feel pity for) [with de ‘someone’]
- Eu ia matar as formiguinhas, mas me apiedei delas.
- I was going to kill the little ants, but I felt pity for them.
Usage notes
This verb usually has an inchoative lexical aspect.
Conjugation
Conjugation of apiedar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.