ecolocalizar
Portuguese
Etymology
Calque of English echolocate. By surface analysis, eco- + localizar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɛ.ko.lo.ka.liˈza(ʁ)/ [ˌɛ.ko.lo.ka.liˈza(h)], /ˌɛ.ku.lo.ka.liˈza(ʁ)/ [ˌɛ.ku.lo.ka.liˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌɛ.ko.lo.ka.liˈza(ɾ)/, /ˌɛ.ku.lo.ka.liˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌɛ.ko.lo.ka.liˈza(ʁ)/ [ˌɛ.ko.lo.ka.liˈza(χ)], /ˌɛ.ku.lo.ka.liˈza(ʁ)/ [ˌɛ.ku.lo.ka.liˈza(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˌɛ.ko.lo.ka.liˈza(ɻ)/, /ˌɛ.ku.lo.ka.liˈza(ɻ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɛ.ko.lo.ka.liˈza(ʁ)/ [ˌɛ.ko.lo.ka.liˈza(h)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɛ.kɔ.lu.kɐ.liˈzaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌɛ.kɔ.lu.kɐ.liˈza.ɾi/
- Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾ, (Brazil) -aʁ, (Brazil, r-dropping) -a
- Hyphenation: e‧co‧lo‧ca‧li‧zar
Verb
ecolocalizar (first-person singular present ecolocalizo, first-person singular preterite ecolocalizei, past participle ecolocalizado)
- to echolocate
- Synonym: ecolocar
Conjugation
Conjugation of ecolocalizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ecolocalizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026