abocanhar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bo.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [a.bo.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.bo.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ɾ)/ [a.bo.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.bo.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/ [a.bo.kɐ̃ˈj̃a(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bo.kɐˈɲa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bu.kɐˈɲaɾ/ [ɐ.βu.kɐˈɲaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bu.kɐˈɲa.ɾi/ [ɐ.βu.kɐˈɲa.ɾi]

Verb

abocanhar (first-person singular present abocanho, first-person singular preterite abocanhei, past participle abocanhado)

  1. (transitive) bite (to hold something by clamping one’s teeth)
    Synonym: abocar
  2. (transitive) bite (to cut something with one’s teeth)
    Synonym: morder
  3. (transitive) to eat, devour
    Synonyms: comer, devorar
  4. (transitive, figurative) to defame, to slander
    Synonyms: difamar, caluniar

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