incumbir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incumbere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kũˈbi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kũˈbi(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.kũˈbi(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.kũˈbi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kũˈbi(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kũˈbi(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.kũˈbiɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.kũˈbi.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: in‧cum‧bir

Verb

incumbir (first-person singular present incumbo, first-person singular preterite incumbi, past participle incumbido)

  1. to delegate

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incumbō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inkumˈbiɾ/ [ĩŋ.kũmˈbiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧cum‧bir

Verb

incumbir (first-person singular present incumbo, first-person singular preterite incumbí, past participle incumbido)

  1. to be incumbent
  2. to correspond to, to have to do with
    No nos incumbe.
    It has nothing to do with us.

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