assorear

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.so.ɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [a.so.ɾeˈa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.so.ɾeˈa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.so.ɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [a.so.ɾeˈa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.so.ɾeˈa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.suˈɾjaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.suˈɾja.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: as‧so‧re‧ar

Verb

assorear (first-person singular present assoreio, first-person singular preterite assoreei, past participle assoreado)

  1. (intransitive) to silt up (become filled or clogged with silt)
  2. (transitive) to block a waterway

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