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Portuguese
Verb
prospectar (first-person singular present prospecto, first-person singular preterite prospectei, past participle prospectado) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)
- (geology, mining) to prospect (to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location)
- (by extension) to prospect (to evaluate the potentials of something)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾospeɡˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pros‧pec‧tar
Verb
prospectar (first-person singular present prospecto, first-person singular preterite prospecté, past participle prospectado)
- to prospect
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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