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Portuguese
Etymology
From en- + obsolete pértiga (“stick, staff, measuring stick”) + -ar. Portuguese pértiga is a semi-learned borrowing from Latin pertica (“staff, measuring rod”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peʁ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peʁ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peʁ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peʁ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peɾ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peɾ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peʁ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peʁ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peɻ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peɻ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: em‧per‧ti‧gar
Verb
empertigar (first-person singular present empertigo, first-person singular preterite empertiguei, past participle empertigado)
- to stiffen
Conjugation