pocar

Portuguese

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Old Tupi pok (“to burst, to pop”) +‎ -ar (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: po‧car

Verb

pocar (first-person singular present poco, first-person singular preterite poquei, past participle pocado)

  1. (Brazil, transitive) to burst; to pop
  2. (Brazil, transitive) to strike or hit forcefully
  3. (Brazil, slang, intransitive) to leave; to take off
  4. (Brazil, slang, intransitive) to work out; to go well

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 449

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