suavizar
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
suavizar (first-person singular present suavizo, first-person singular preterite suavicei, past participle suavizado)
- (transitive) to soften (to make soft)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of suavizar (c-z alternation)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “suavizar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.a.viˈza(ʁ)/ [sʊ.a.viˈza(h)], (faster pronunciation) /swa.viˈza(ʁ)/ [swa.viˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /su.a.viˈza(ɾ)/ [sʊ.a.viˈza(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /swa.viˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /su.a.viˈza(ʁ)/ [sʊ.a.viˈza(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /swa.viˈza(ʁ)/ [swa.viˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /su.a.viˈza(ɻ)/ [sʊ.a.viˈza(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /swa.viˈza(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: su‧a‧vi‧zar
Verb edit
suavizar (first-person singular present suavizo, first-person singular preterite suavizei, past participle suavizado)
- (transitive) to soften (to make soft)
- (intransitive) to soften (to become soft)
- (transitive, figurative) to sugar (to make something seem less unpleasant)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of suavizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /swabiˈθaɾ/ [swa.β̞iˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /swabiˈsaɾ/ [swa.β̞iˈsaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: sua‧vi‧zar
Verb edit
suavizar (first-person singular present suavizo, first-person singular preterite suavicé, past participle suavizado)
- (transitive) to soften, smooth
- Synonym: ablandar
- (transitive) to ease, to relieve
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of suavizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of suavizar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “suavizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014