definhar
Portuguese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.fĩˈɲa(ʁ)/ [de.fĩˈj̃a(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.fĩˈɲa(ɾ)/ [de.fĩˈj̃a(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.fĩˈɲa(ʁ)/ [de.fĩˈj̃a(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.fiˈɲa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.fiˈɲaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.fiˈɲa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: de‧fi‧nhar
Verb
definhar (first-person singular present definho, first-person singular preterite definhei, past participle definhado)
- (transitive) to waste away (cause thinness to)
- (transitive) to exhaust
- (intransitive) to waste away
- (intransitive) decay
Conjugation
Conjugation of definhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “definhar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “definhar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025