intrometer

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intrōmittere.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾo.meˈte(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾo.meˈte(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾo.meˈte(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾo.meˈte(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾo.meˈte(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾo.meˈte(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾu.mɨˈteɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɾu.mɨˈte.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: in‧tro‧me‧ter

Verb

intrometer (first-person singular present intrometo, first-person singular preterite intrometi, past participle intrometido)

  1. (transitive) to insert, to put [with em ‘between/among some people/things’]
  2. (pronominal) to intrude [with em ‘in (between)/in the midst of’]
    1. to concern oneself with unduly; to meddle in
  3. (pronominal) to meddle in other people’s affairs

Conjugation