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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
cavoucar (first-person singular present cavouco, first-person singular preterite cavouquei, past participle cavoucado)
- (transitive or intransitive) to make a pit or hole
- (transitive, by extension) to poke, to rummage, e.g. cavoucar o nariz (“to pick one's nose”)
- (intransitive) to dig like an animal (like a dog or armadillo)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
References
- HOUAISS, A. and DE SALLES VILLAR, M. Minidicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, 2008.