evirar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēvirāre. Cognate with Italian evirare.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.viˈɾa(ʁ)/ [e.viˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /e.viˈɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /e.viˈɾa(ʁ)/ [e.viˈɾa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /e.viˈɾa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.viˈɾaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.biˈɾaɾ/ [i.βiˈɾaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.viˈɾa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: e‧vi‧rar
Verb
evirar (first-person singular present eviro, first-person singular preterite evirei, past participle evirado)
- to castrate, to emasculate
Conjugation
Conjugation of evirar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “evirar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “evirar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026