vadear

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vadear.[1]

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Homophone: vadiar (Portugal, some Brazilian pronunciations)
  • Hyphenation: va‧de‧ar

Verb

vadear (first-person singular present vadeio, first-person singular preterite vadeei, past participle vadeado)

  1. to ford; to wade (to walk through a body of water)

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References

  1. ^ vadear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

Etymology

From vado +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /badeˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: va‧de‧ar

Verb

vadear (first-person singular present vadeo, first-person singular preterite vadeé, past participle vadeado)

  1. (transitive) to ford
  2. (transitive) to wade, to wade across

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Descendants

  • Portuguese: vadear

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