esquerdar

Catalan

Etymology

From esquerda +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kərˈda]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.keɾˈðaɾ]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)

Verb

esquerdar (first-person singular present esquerdo, first-person singular preterite esquerdí, past participle esquerdat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Valencia) /e/

  1. (transitive) to crack
  2. (transitive) to splinter
    Synonym: estellar

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • esquerdat

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.keʁˈda(ʁ)/ [is.keɦˈda(h)], /es.keʁˈda(ʁ)/ [es.keɦˈda(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.keɾˈda(ɾ)/, /es.keɾˈda(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.keʁˈda(ʁ)/ [iʃ.keʁˈda(χ)], /eʃ.keʁˈda(ʁ)/ [eʃ.keʁˈda(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.keɻˈda(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɨɾˈdaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.kɨɾˈðaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɨɾˈda.ɾi/ [(i)ʃ.kɨɾˈða.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: es‧quer‧dar

Verb

esquerdar (first-person singular present esquerdo, first-person singular preterite esquerdei, past participle esquerdado)

  1. (Brazil, politics, neologism, derogatory) to support leftist political views or ideas

Conjugation