bendizer
Portuguese
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin benedīcere. By surface analysis, bem + dizer. Doublet of benzer.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bẽ.d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [bẽ.d͡ʒiˈze(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /bẽ.d͡ʒiˈze(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /bẽ.d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [bẽ.d͡ʒiˈze(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /bẽ.d͡ʒiˈze(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bẽ.diˈzeɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bẽ.diˈze.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ben‧di‧zer
Verb
bendizer (first-person singular present bendigo, first-person singular preterite bendisse, past participle bendito)
- (transitive) to bless (to confer blessing on)
- Synonyms: abençoar, benzer
- Antonyms: amaldiçoar, maldizer
Conjugation
Conjugation of bendizer (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Derived terms
- bendição
- bendizente
Related terms
Further reading
- “bendizer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “bendizer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026