engessar
Portuguese
Etymology
From en- + gesso (“plaster”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒeˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒeˈsa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒeˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒeˈsa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒeˈsa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒeˈsa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒeˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒeˈsa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒeˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒeˈsa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒeˈsa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒeˈsa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ʒɨˈsaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.ʒɨˈsa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: en‧ges‧sar
Verb
engessar (first-person singular present engesso, first-person singular preterite engessei, past participle engessado)
- (transitive) to plaster (walls, broken limbs etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of engessar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “engessar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “engessar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026