garimpar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡa.ɾĩˈpa(ʁ)/ [ɡa.ɾĩˈpa(h)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.ɾĩˈpaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.ɾĩˈpa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: ga‧rim‧par

Verb

garimpar (first-person singular present garimpo, first-person singular preterite garimpei, past participle garimpado) (Brazil)

  1. (ambitransitive) to mine
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to search for something valueable
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to search for something rare
  4. (figuratively, ambitransitive, Minas Gerais, colloquial) to insert a finger (into the nose) to clean it (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

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