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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin perambulāre (“to perambulate”), per (“through, along”) + ambulō (“walk; traverse”).
Pronunciation
Verb
perambular (first-person singular present perambulo, first-person singular preterite perambulei, past participle perambulado)
- to perambulate, stroll, roam
1915, Lima Barreto, Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma, Third part, chapter IV:Passavam então uma semana em casa, a dormir ou a perambular pelas estradas e vendas;- So they spent a week at home, sleeping or perambulating in the streets and stalls.
- 1988, João da Cruz e Sousa, O Sonho do Idiota:
Mas, assim perambulando de altar em altar, de nicho em nicho...- But, this way perambulating from altar to altar, from niche to niche...
1895, Friedrich Nietzsche, O Anticristo:Mas desde então saiu perambulando, assim como seu próprio povo, a territórios estrangeiros;- But since then (he) perambulated, as his own people, into foreign territories.
- Synonyms: vaguear, passear
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