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Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai).
Pronunciation
Verb
agonizar (first-person singular present agonizo, first-person singular preterite agonizei, past participle agonizado)
- (transitive) to afflict, cause agony to
- (intransitive) to agonize (suffer with agony)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aɡoniˈθaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aɡoniˈsaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧go‧ni‧zar
Verb
agonizar (first-person singular present agonizo, first-person singular preterite agonicé, past participle agonizado)
- (intransitive) to die an agonizing death
- (intransitive) to agonize
- (intransitive) to die out
- (transitive, rare) to assist dying persons
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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