exorcizar

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: e‧xor‧ci‧zar

Verb

exorcizar (first-person singular present exorcizo, first-person singular preterite exorcizei, past participle exorcizado)

  1. (transitive, religion, parapsychology) to exorcise (to drive out an evil spirit from someone or something)
  2. (figurative) to get rid of something evil or reprehensible

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin exorcizāre, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos, oath).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /eɡsoɾθiˈθaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eɡsoɾsiˈsaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: e‧xor‧ci‧zar

Verb

exorcizar (first-person singular present exorcizo, first-person singular preterite exorcicé, past participle exorcizado)

  1. to exorcise

Conjugation

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