velejar
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- vellejar (obsolete)
Etymology
From vela (“sail”) + -ejar. Compare Italian veleggiare.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ve.leˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ve.leˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ve.leˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ve.leˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ve.leˈʒa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ve.leˈʒa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨ.lɨˈʒaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨ.lɨˈʒaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨ.lɨˈʒa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ve‧le‧jar
Verb
velejar (first-person singular present velejo, first-person singular preterite velejei, past participle velejado)
- to sail
Conjugation
Conjugation of velejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “velejar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “velejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026