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Portuguese
Etymology
From chicote (“whip”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃi.ko.teˈa(ʁ)/ , /ʃi.ko.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʃi.koˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃi.ko.teˈa(ʁ)/ , /ʃi.ko.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʃi.koˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʃi.ko.teˈa(ɾ)/, /ʃi.ko.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʃi.koˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʃi.ko.teˈa(ʁ)/ , /ʃi.ko.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ʃi.koˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃi.ko.teˈa(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: chi‧co‧te‧ar
Verb
chicotear (first-person singular present chicoteio, first-person singular preterite chicoteei, past participle chicoteado)
- to whip (to strike with a whip)
- Synonyms: açoitar, chibatar, fustigar, relhar, verdascar
- (figurative) to chastise
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From chicote (“whip”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃikoteˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: chi‧co‧te‧ar
Verb
chicotear (first-person singular present chicoteo, first-person singular preterite chicoteé, past participle chicoteado)
- (Latin America, transitive) to whip (to hit with a whip)
- Synonyms: latiguear, fustigar, azotar
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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