aproar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pɾoˈa(ʁ)/ [a.pɾoˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.pɾoˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.pɾoˈa(ʁ)/ [a.pɾoˈa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.pɾoˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɾuˈaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ɐˈpɾwaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɾuˈa.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /ɐˈpɾwa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: a‧pro‧ar
Verb
aproar (first-person singular present aproo, first-person singular preterite aproei, past participle aproado)
- (transitive) to direct the bow of (ship) in a certain direction
- (intransitive) to check in (the boat)
- (intransitive) to arrive
Conjugation
Conjugation of aproar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2Superseded.
3European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “aproar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “aproar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026