urubuzar
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From urubu (“vulture”) + -z- + -ar. Analogy to vultures' behaviour of constantly gazing and flying over their food.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: u‧ru‧bu‧zar
Verb edit
urubuzar (first-person singular present urubuzo, first-person singular preterite urubuzei, past participle urubuzado)
- (Brazil, transitive) to observe, usually in the intent of overhearing an information
- (Brazil, transitive) to look daggers
- (Brazil, transitive, slang) to jinx (to bring bad luck to)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of urubuzar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading edit
- “urubuzar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “urubuzar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.