encimar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encimar, from en cima +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.siˈma(ʁ)/ [ẽ.siˈma(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.siˈma(ʁ)/ [ĩ.siˈma(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.siˈma(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.siˈma(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.siˈma(ʁ)/ [ẽ.siˈma(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.siˈma(ʁ)/ [ĩ.siˈma(χ)]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.siˈma(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.siˈma(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.siˈmaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.siˈma.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: en‧ci‧mar

Verb

encimar (first-person singular present encimo, first-person singular preterite encimei, past participle encimado) (higher register)

  1. (transitive) to place on top
  2. (transitive) to lift; to rise
    Synonym: levantar
  3. (transitive) to lie on top

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Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From encima +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

Verb

encimar (first-person singular present encimo, first-person singular preterite encimé, past participle encimado)

  1. to put up; to store high up
  2. (card games) to raise the stakes
  3. (reflexive) to lie above; to be situated above

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