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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praevāricārī.
Pronunciation
Verb
prevaricar (first-person singular present prevarico, first-person singular preterite prevariquí, past participle prevaricat)
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Italian
Verb
prevaricar (apocopated)
- Apocopic form of prevaricare
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin praevāricārī.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pre‧va‧ri‧car
Verb
prevaricar (first-person singular present prevarico, first-person singular preterite prevariquei, past participle prevaricado)
- to fail or refuse to obey certain laws, rules or obligations
- Synonym: descumprir
- (law) to commit the crime of prevarication, which consists in not complying with laws
- to betray
- (transitive) to corrupt
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin praevāricārī. Cognate with English prevaricate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾebaɾiˈkaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pre‧va‧ri‧car
Verb
prevaricar (first-person singular present prevarico, first-person singular preterite prevariqué, past participle prevaricado)
- to prevaricate
- Synonyms: andarse con rodeos, andarse por las ramas, tergiversar
- (law) to commit perjury
- to fall short performing, or to neglect, one's duties
- (colloquial) to go mad
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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