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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēflagrāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
deflagrar (first-person singular present deflagro, first-person singular preterite deflagrí, past participle deflagrat)
- (intransitive, transitive) to deflagrate (to burn with intense light and heat)
Conjugation
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēflagrāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
deflagrar (first-person singular present deflagro, first-person singular preterite deflagrei, past participle deflagrado)
- (transitive, intransitive) to deflagrate, to burn
- Synonyms: queimar, arder, flamejar, chamejar
- (figuratively, transitive) to cause something to appear or happen, to lead to
- Synonyms: provocar, incitar, causar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēflagrāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deflaˈɡɾaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧fla‧grar
Verb
deflagrar (first-person singular present deflagro, first-person singular preterite deflagré, past participle deflagrado)
- (physics, intransitive) to deflagrate (to burn with intense light and heat)
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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