atear

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.teˈa(ʁ)/ [a.teˈa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.teˈa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.teˈa(ʁ)/ [a.teˈa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.teˈa(ɻ)/

  • Hyphenation: a‧te‧ar

Verb

atear (first-person singular present ateio, first-person singular preterite ateei, past participle ateado)

  1. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a) to set (fire to something); to light (a fire)
    A Polícia Judiciária deteve um homem suspeito de ter ateado fogo a casa da mãe.
    The Judiciary Police arrested a man suspected of having set fire to his mother's house.

Conjugation

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