fuçar

Portuguese

Etymology

fuça +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fuˈsa(ʁ)/ [fuˈsa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /fuˈsa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fuˈsa(ʁ)/ [fuˈsa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fuˈsa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuˈsaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fuˈsa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: fu‧çar

Verb

fuçar (first-person singular present fuço, first-person singular preterite fucei, past participle fuçado)

  1. (of an animal) to smell with its snout
  2. to pry; to explore or look curiously at something
  3. to rummage (to hastily and messily search for something)
    Synonyms: fossar, vasculhar

Conjugation