extenuar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extenuāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.te.nuˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.teˈnwa(ʁ)/ , /es.te.nuˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.teˈnwa(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.te.nuˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.teˈnwa(ɾ)/, /es.te.nuˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.teˈnwa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.te.nuˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.teˈnwa(ʁ)/ , /eʃ.te.nuˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.teˈnwa(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.te.nuˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.teˈnwa(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: ex‧te‧nu‧ar

Verb

extenuar (first-person singular present extenuo, first-person singular preterite extenuei, past participle extenuado)

  1. to tire, to exhaust
  2. to spend (money), to become less rich
  3. to extenuate: to lessen, to weaken, to attenuate

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin extenuāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡsteˈnwaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ex‧te‧nuar

Verb

extenuar (first-person singular present extenúo, first-person singular preterite extenué, past participle extenuado)

  1. (transitive) to extenuate
  2. (transitive) to weaken

Conjugation

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