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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese enojar (“to anger”), borrowed from Old Occitan enojar, from Vulgar Latin inodiāre (“make hateful”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ , (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ , (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈʒwa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈʒwa(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ , (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ , (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈʒwa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈʒwa(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ɾ)/, (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒuˈa(ɾ)/ , (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈʒwa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒuˈa(ɾ)/ , (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈʒwa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ , (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ , (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈʒwa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈʒwa(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ɻ)/
Verb
enjoar (first-person singular present enjoo, first-person singular preterite enjoei, past participle enjoado)
- (intransitive, transitive) to get or cause someone to get disgusted or nauseated
Ele enjoa quando vê esse tipo de gororoba.- He gets nauseated when he sees that kind of slop.
Esse cheiro me enjoa.- That smell nauseates me.
- (intransitive, figuratively, followed by de) to stop finding something or someone interesting, amusing, entertaining or in any other way pleasant, to stop liking
A criança enjoou do brinquedo.- The child is not amused by the toy anymore.
Enjoei deste filme.- I do not find this film interesting anymore.
- (intransitive) to suffer from or get seasickness
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