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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin exfoliare, from exfolio. Akin to Galician esfollar, Spanish exfoliar, Italian esfoliare, French exfolier.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.fo.liˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.foˈlja(ʁ)/ , /es.fo.liˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.foˈlja(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.fo.liˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.foˈlja(ʁ)/ , /es.fo.liˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.foˈlja(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.fo.liˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.foˈlja(ɾ)/, /es.fo.liˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.foˈlja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.fo.liˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.foˈlja(ʁ)/ , /eʃ.fo.liˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.foˈlja(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.fo.liˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.foˈlja(ɻ)/
Verb
esfoliar (first-person singular present esfolio, first-person singular preterite esfoliei, past participle esfoliado)
- to exfoliate
Conjugation
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