tatear
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- tactear (only Brazil, today mostly unused)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ta.teˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ta.teˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ta.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ta.teˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.teˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐˈtjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐˈtja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ta‧te‧ar
Verb
tatear (first-person singular present tateio, first-person singular preterite tateei, past participle tateado)
- to grope
- to investigate, examine
Conjugation
Conjugation of tatear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.