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Portuguese
Etymology
From sucata + -ear.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.ka.teˈa(ʁ)/ , /su.ka.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /su.kaˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.ka.teˈa(ʁ)/ , /su.ka.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /su.kaˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /su.ka.teˈa(ɾ)/, /su.ka.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /su.kaˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /su.ka.teˈa(ʁ)/ , /su.ka.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /su.kaˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /su.ka.teˈa(ɻ)/
Verb
sucatear (first-person singular present sucateio, first-person singular preterite sucateei, past participle sucateado)
- (Brazil) to negotiate or renegotiate treating the trade item as scraps or trash
- (Brazil) to remove value of something. Refers mainly to institutions, widely used in the context of public organizations
O ministro é a favor de sucatear a universidade.- The minister supports devaluating of the university.
Conjugation
Further reading
- “sucatear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- Rebeca Rios Filgueiras Azevedo (2013) “Ali Babá e as 200 palavras: Um estudo da influência do árabe na língua portuguesa”, in UnB, page 37.