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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡoˈma(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡoˈma(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡoˈma(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡoˈma(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡoˈma(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡoˈma(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡoˈma(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡoˈma(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡoˈma(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡoˈma(ɻ)/
Verb
engomar (first-person singular present engomo, first-person singular preterite engomei, past participle engomado)
- (transitive) to iron (to unwrinkle clothes with an iron)
- Synonyms: passar, passar a ferro
- (transitive) to starch (to apply laundry starch)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From en- + goma + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enɡoˈmaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧go‧mar
Verb
engomar (first-person singular present engomo, first-person singular preterite engomé, past participle engomado)
- (transitive) to glue
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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