vaquejar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /va.keˈʒa(ʁ)/ [va.keˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /va.keˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /va.keˈʒa(ʁ)/ [va.keˈʒa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /va.keˈʒa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐ.kɨˈʒaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.kɨˈʒaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐ.kɨˈʒa.ɾi/
Verb
vaquejar (first-person singular present vaquejo, first-person singular preterite vaquejei, past participle vaquejado)
- (Brazil) to round up (to gather livestock together)
- (by extension) to chase, pursue
- Synonym: perseguir
Conjugation
Conjugation of vaquejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “vaquejar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “vaquejar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “vaquejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026