soerguer
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /so.eʁˈɡe(ʁ)/ [so.eɦˈɡe(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /so.eɾˈɡe(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /so.eʁˈɡe(ʁ)/ [so.eʁˈɡe(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /so.eɻˈɡe(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /swɨɾˈɡeɾ/ [swɨɾˈɣeɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /swɨɾˈɡe.ɾi/ [swɨɾˈɣe.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: so‧er‧guer
Verb
soerguer (first-person singular present soergo, first-person singular preterite soergui, past participle soerguido)
- (pronominal, intransitive) to raise oneself a little
- 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:
- Não estou cega, murmurou, e logo alarmada se soergueu na cama, […]
- I'm not blind, she whispered, and then, alarmed, she raised herself a little in her bed, […]
- (transitive) to raise, to lift a little
- Synonym: solevar
Conjugation
Conjugation of soerguer (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)