acenar

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- + Early Medieval Latin cinnāre (blink).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.seˈna(ʁ)/ [a.seˈna(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.seˈna(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.seˈna(ʁ)/ [a.seˈna(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.seˈna(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɨˈnaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɨˈna.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: a‧ce‧nar

Verb

acenar (first-person singular present aceno, first-person singular preterite acenei, past participle acenado)

  1. to indicate something through gesture, such as waving one’s hand, nodding or moving one’s eyes

Conjugation

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Further reading

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