flamejar
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *flammizāre, from Latin flamma. Derivable from flama (“flame”) + -ejar (verb-forming suffix).
Verb
flamejar (first-person singular present flamejo, first-person singular preterite flamegí, past participle flamejat)
- (intransitive) to blaze, to flare
- Synonyms: flamarejar, blandar
- (intransitive, figurative) (of a flag, etc.) to flutter
- Synonyms: flamar, onejar
- (transitive, cooking) to flambé
Derived terms
- flameig
- flamejant
- flamejat
Further reading
- “flamejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fla.meˈʒa(ʁ)/ [fla.meˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /fla.meˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fla.meˈʒa(ʁ)/ [fla.meˈʒa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /fla.meˈʒa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /flɐ.mɨˈʒaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /flɐ.mɨˈʒa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: fla‧me‧jar
Verb
flamejar (first-person singular present flamejo, first-person singular preterite flamejei, past participle flamejado)
- (intransitive) to burn in flames
- (intransitive, figuratively) to shine
- Synonyms: brilhar, resplandecer
- (cooking) to quickly pass through a flame after bathing in alcoholic liquid
Conjugation
Conjugation of flamejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “flamejar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “flamejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026