implodir
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.ploˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ploˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.ploˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.ploˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ploˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ĩ.ploˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pluˈdiɾ/ [ĩ.pluˈðiɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pluˈdi.ɾi/ [ĩ.pluˈði.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: im‧plo‧dir
Verb
implodir (first-person singular present (Brazil) implodo or (Portugal) impludo, third-person singular present implode, first-person singular preterite implodi, past participle implodido) (Brazil)
- to implode (to collapse or burst inward)
Usage notes
Historically, some authors have considered this verb defective and proscribed its use in certain present-tense conjugations. Nevertheless, modern dictionaries recognize these conjugations, noting their variation between Brazilian and European Portuguese.[1]
Conjugation
Conjugation of implodir (non-alternating or u-o alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
References
- ^ “Verbo explodir” in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese)
Further reading
- “implodir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026