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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin flagrāre (“to burn, to blaze”).
Pronunciation
Verb
flagrar (first-person singular present flagro, first-person singular preterite flagrei, past participle flagrado)
- (Brazil, transitive) to catch in the act (to catch someone doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong)
O criminoso foi flagrado saindo da casa roubada.- The criminal was caught leaving the robbed house.
- (intransitive) to burn, to blaze
- Synonyms: queimar, deflagrar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.