-entar

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ẽˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ẽˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: -en‧tar

Suffix

-entar

1. (highly obsolete) postpositive formation suffix of verbal character, which occurs in verbs with a factitive or causative meaning

Usage notes

• Usually with the verb root prefixed with a-.

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -entar

Further reading

• “-entar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024