eletrocutir
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- electrocutir (pre-1990 spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from French électrocuter, with association to the Latin verb quatere (“to shake”). In its form *cutere, which it took when prefixed, this Latin term is the primary element of verbs such as discutir and percutir.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.le.tɾo.kuˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [e.le.tɾo.kuˈt͡ʃi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /e.le.tɾo.kuˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /e.le.tɾo.kuˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [e.le.tɾo.kuˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /e.le.tɾo.kuˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.lɛ.tɾɔ.kuˈtiɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.lɛ.tɾɔ.kuˈti.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: e‧le‧tro‧cu‧tir
Verb
eletrocutir (first-person singular present eletrocuto, first-person singular preterite eletrocuti, past participle eletrocutido)
- alternative form of eletrocutar
Conjugation
Conjugation of eletrocutir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Further reading
- “eletrocutir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “eletrocutir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026