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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin vīlificāre. By surface analysis, vil + -ificar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: vi‧li‧fi‧car
Verb
vilificar (first-person singular present vilifico, first-person singular preterite vilifiquei, past participle vilificado)
- (transitive) to vilify (say defamatory things about)
- Synonyms: vilipendiar, difamar
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