melhorar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese melhorar, from Late Latin meliōrāre, a verb based on Latin meliārī (better).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.ʎoˈɾa(ʁ)/ [me.ʎoˈɾa(h)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.ʎuˈɾaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.ʎuˈɾa.ɾi/

  • Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: me‧lho‧rar

Verb

melhorar (first-person singular present melhoro, first-person singular preterite melhorei, past participle melhorado)

  1. (ambitransitive) to improve, to ameliorate, to better

Conjugation

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