exorcizar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.zoʁ.siˈza(ʁ)/ [e.zoh.siˈza(h)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.zuɾ.siˈzaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.zuɾ.siˈza.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: e‧xor‧ci‧zar

Verb

exorcizar (first-person singular present exorcizo, first-person singular preterite exorcizei, past participle exorcizado)

  1. (transitive, religion, parapsychology) to exorcise (to drive out an evil spirit from someone or something)
  2. (figurative) to get rid of something evil or reprehensible

Conjugation

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin exorcizāre, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos, oath).

Pronunciation

Verb

exorcizar (first-person singular present exorcizo, first-person singular preterite exorcicé, past participle exorcizado)

  1. to exorcise

Conjugation

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