bitolar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.toˈla(ʁ)/ [bi.toˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /bi.toˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /bi.toˈla(ʁ)/ [bi.toˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.toˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.tuˈlaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.tuˈla.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: bi‧to‧lar
Verb
bitolar (first-person singular present bitolo, first-person singular preterite bitolei, past participle bitolado)
- to gauge
- (Brazil, familiar) to fixate, obsess (express persistent interest in a single matter, often to the exclusion of other matters or social interaction)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bitolar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “bitolar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “bitolar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025