desenfadar
Portuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [de.zẽ.faˈda(h)], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.faˈda(h)], (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zẽ.faˈda(h)], (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.faˈda(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.faˈda(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.faˈda(ɾ)/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.faˈda(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.faˈda(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [de.zẽ.faˈda(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.faˈda(χ)], (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zẽ.faˈda(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.faˈda(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.faˈda(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.faˈda(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: de‧sen‧fa‧dar
Verb
editdesenfadar (first-person singular present desenfado, first-person singular preterite desenfadei, past participle desenfadado)
- (transitive) to amuse; to entertain
- 1878, Machado de Assis, Eça de Queirós: O primo Basilio:
- Supondo que este trocadilho de idéias veio somente para desenfadar o estilo, me abstenho de o considerar mais tempo; mas não irei adiante sem convidar os defensores a todo transe a que releiam com pausa, o livro do Sr. Eça de Queirós: é o melhor método quando se procura penetrar a verdade de uma concepção.
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- (pronominal) to enjoy oneself
- 1900, Machado de Assis, “CVI”, in Dom Casmurro:
- A princípio supus que era um recurso para desenfadar-me, mas daí a pouco estava eu mesmo calculando também, já então com papel e lápis, sobre o joelho, e dava a diferença que ela buscava.
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Conjugation
edit Conjugation of desenfadar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
editSpanish
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editVerb
editdesenfadar (first-person singular present desenfado, first-person singular preterite desenfadé, past participle desenfadado)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of desenfadar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of desenfadar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “desenfadar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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