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Pronunciation
Verb
menstruar (first-person singular present menstruo, first-person singular preterite menstruí, past participle menstruat)
- to menstruate
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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mēnstruāre. By surface analysis, mênstruo + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽs.tɾuˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /mẽsˈtɾwa(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽs.tɾuˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /mẽsˈtɾwa(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mẽs.tɾuˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /mẽsˈtɾwa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mẽʃ.tɾuˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /mẽʃˈtɾwa(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽs.tɾuˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /mẽsˈtɾwa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽʃ.tɾuˈaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /mẽʃˈtɾwaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽʃ.tɾuˈa.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /mẽʃˈtɾwa.ɾi/
Verb
menstruar (first-person singular present menstruo, first-person singular preterite menstruei, past participle menstruado)
- to menstruate
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mensˈtɾwaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: mens‧truar
Verb
menstruar (first-person singular present menstrúo, first-person singular preterite menstrué, past participle menstruado)
- to menstruate
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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