extenuar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extenuāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.te.nuˈa(ʁ)/ [is.te.nʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /is.teˈnwa(ʁ)/ [is.teˈnwa(h)], /es.te.nuˈa(ʁ)/ [es.te.nʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /es.teˈnwa(ʁ)/ [es.teˈnwa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.te.nuˈa(ɾ)/ [is.te.nʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /is.teˈnwa(ɾ)/, /es.te.nuˈa(ɾ)/ [es.te.nʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /es.teˈnwa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.te.nuˈa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.te.nʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.teˈnwa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.teˈnwa(χ)], /eʃ.te.nuˈa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.te.nʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.teˈnwa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.teˈnwa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.te.nuˈa(ɻ)/ [es.te.nʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /es.teˈnwa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨˈnwaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨˈnwa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: ex‧te‧nu‧ar

Verb

extenuar (first-person singular present extenuo, first-person singular preterite extenuei, past participle extenuado)

  1. to tire, to exhaust
  2. to spend (money), to become less rich
  3. to extenuate: to lessen, to weaken, to attenuate

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin extenuāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡsteˈnwaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.t̪eˈnwaɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ex‧te‧nuar

Verb

extenuar (first-person singular present extenúo, first-person singular preterite extenué, past participle extenuado)

  1. (transitive) to extenuate
  2. (transitive) to weaken

Conjugation

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