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)

  1. to grope
  2. to investigate, examine

Conjugation