morgar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French morguer.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /moʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [moɦˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /moɾˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /moʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [moʁˈɡa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /moɻˈɡa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /muɾˈɡaɾ/ [muɾˈɣaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /muɾˈɡa.ɾi/ [muɾˈɣa.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: mor‧gar
Verb
morgar (first-person singular present morgo, first-person singular preterite morguei, past participle morgado)
- (intransitive, informal) to goof off (engage in idle activity)
- Synonym: moscar
- (intransitive, informal) to fall asleep accidentally
Conjugation
Conjugation of morgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “morgar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “morgar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
- “morgar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN