Portuguese

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Etymology

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From base +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ba‧se‧ar

Verb

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basear (first-person singular present baseio, first-person singular preterite baseei, past participle baseado)

  1. (transitive) to base (to be the basis of)
    Uma criação adequada baseia um futuro próspero.
    Adequate rearing bases a prosperous future.
  2. (pronominal) to be based; to have as its basis [with em ‘on something’]
    Seus argumentos não se baseiam na lógica.
    Your arguments are not based on logic.

Conjugation

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