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Portuguese
Etymology
Alteration of trincafiar influenced by trancar (“to lock”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.ka.fiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃.kaˈfja(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.ka.fiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃.kaˈfja(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.ka.fiˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃.kaˈfja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.ka.fiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃.kaˈfja(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.ka.fiˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃.kaˈfja(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: tran‧ca‧fi‧ar
Verb
trancafiar (first-person singular present trancafio, first-person singular preterite trancafiei, past participle trancafiado)
- (Brazil, colloquial) to lock up, imprison, incarcerate, arrest
Conjugation
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