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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French actionner, from Latin actionāre.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.sjoˈna(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.sjoˈna(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.si.oˈna(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.sjoˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.sjoˈna(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.si.oˈna(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.sjoˈna(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /a.sjuˈnaɾ/, /ɐ.sjuˈnaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /a.sjuˈna.ɾi/, /ɐ.sjuˈna.ɾi/
Verb
acionar (first-person singular present aciono, first-person singular preterite acionei, past participle acionado)
- (transitive) to action
- (transitive) to activate
- (transitive) to apply (brakes)
- (transitive, law) to prosecute, to sue
- Synonym: processar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
References
- ^ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Matamatá”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 64