prevaricar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin praevāricārī.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [pɾə.βə.ɾiˈka]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.və.ɾiˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [pɾe.va.ɾiˈkaɾ]
- Homophone: prevaricà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb edit
prevaricar (first-person singular present prevarico, first-person singular preterite prevariquí, past participle prevaricat)
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Conjugation edit
Conjugation of prevaricar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
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Verb edit
prevaricar (apocopated)
- Apocopic form of prevaricare
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin praevāricārī.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pre‧va‧ri‧car
Verb edit
prevaricar (first-person singular present prevarico, first-person singular preterite prevariquei, past participle prevaricado)
- to fail or refuse to obey certain laws, rules or obligations
- Synonym: descumprir
- (law) to commit the crime of prevarication, which consists in not complying with laws
- to betray
- (transitive) to corrupt
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of prevaricar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin praevāricārī. Cognate with English prevaricate.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
prevaricar (first-person singular present prevarico, first-person singular preterite prevariqué, past participle prevaricado)
- to prevaricate
- Synonyms: andarse con rodeos, andarse por las ramas, tergiversar
- (law) to commit perjury
- to fall short performing, or to neglect, one's duties
- (colloquial) to go mad
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of prevaricar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
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Further reading edit
- “prevaricar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014