esgar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French esgart (“look”) (French égard).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈɡa(ʁ)/ , /ezˈɡa(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /izˈɡa(ɾ)/, /ezˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʒˈɡa(ʁ)/ , /eʒˈɡa(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ezˈɡa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒˈɡaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒˈɡa.ɾi/

Hyphenation: es‧gar

Noun

esgar m (plural esgares)

grimace
Synonyms: careta, trejeito
- 1884, Aluísio Azevedo, “X”, in Filomena Borges:
  — Nada! Não tenho nada! respondia a mulher com um esgar fastidioso. Quero apenas que me deixem!... Que me não apoquentem com perguntas!...
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
smirk
Synonym: escárnio

Further reading

“esgar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
“esgar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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