cascatear
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kas.ka.teˈa(ʁ)/ [kas.ka.teˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kas.ka.teˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʃ.ka.teˈa(ʁ)/ [kaʃ.ka.teˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kas.ka.teˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐʃ.kɐˈtjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐʃ.kɐˈtja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: cas‧ca‧te‧ar
Verb
cascatear (first-person singular present cascateio, first-person singular preterite cascateei, past participle cascateado)
- (intransitive) to cascade (to fall as a waterfall)
- (transitive) to cascade (to arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cascatear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “cascatear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025