tiranizar

From tirano +‎ -izar.

• Hyphenation: ti‧ra‧ni‧zar

tiranizar (first-person singular present tiranizo, first-person singular preterite tiranizei, past participle tiranizado)

1. (transitive) to tyrannise; to oppress

   Synonym: oprimir

2. (intransitive) to tyrannise (rule as a tyrant)

• “tiranizar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “tiranizar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “tiranizar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “tiranizar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “tiranizar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “tiranizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from Late Latin tyrannizāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek τυραννίζω (turannízō). By surface analysis, tirano +‎ -izar.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tiɾaniˈθaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tiɾaniˈsaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ti‧ra‧ni‧zar

tiranizar (first-person singular present tiranizo, first-person singular preterite tiranicé, past participle tiranizado)

1. (transitive) to tyrannize
2. (transitive) to bully

• “tiranizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10