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Portuguese
Etymology
Likely from English spectate. Alternatively, learned borrowing from Latin spectāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pekˈta(ʁ)/ , /es.pekˈta(ʁ)/ , /is.pe.kiˈta(ʁ)/ , /es.pe.kiˈta(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pekˈta(ʁ)/ , /es.pekˈta(ʁ)/ , /is.pe.kiˈta(ʁ)/ , /es.pe.kiˈta(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.pekˈta(ɾ)/, /es.pekˈta(ɾ)/, /is.pe.kiˈta(ɾ)/, /es.pe.kiˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pekˈta(ʁ)/ , /eʃ.pekˈta(ʁ)/ , /iʃ.pe.kiˈta(ʁ)/ , /eʃ.pe.kiˈta(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pekˈta(ɻ)/
Verb
espectar (first-person singular present especto, first-person singular preterite espectei, past participle espectado)
- (colloquial) to spectate, especially in the context of a video game
Conjugation
Further reading
- “espectar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025