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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
desovar (first-person singular present desovo, first-person singular preterite desovei, past participle desovado)
- to spawn (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
- (Brazil, colloquial) to ditch, to dispose of
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + Latin ovum + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desoˈbaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧so‧var
Verb
desovar (first-person singular present desovo, first-person singular preterite desové, past participle desovado)
- to spawn, lay eggs
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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