coisar

Portuguese

From coisa (“thing”) +‎ -ar (verb-forming suffix).

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kojˈza(ʁ)/ [koɪ̯ˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kojˈza(ɾ)/ [koɪ̯ˈza(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kojˈza(ʁ)/ [koɪ̯ˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kojˈza(ɻ)/ [koɪ̯ˈza(ɻ)]

coisar (first-person singular present coiso, first-person singular preterite coisei, past participle coisado)

(informal, humorous) A placeholder verb used when the speaker does not remember a specific verb, and whose meaning can be inferred through context.
Você já coisou aquele negócio no seu computador que não estava funcionando?
Have you dealt with that thing that wasn't working on your computer yet?

Conjugation of coisar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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