endireitar

Portuguese edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.d͡ʒi.ɾejˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.d͡ʒi.ɾeɪ̯ˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.d͡ʒi.ɾejˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.d͡ʒi.ɾeɪ̯ˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.d͡ʒi.ɾejˈta(ɾ)/ [ẽ.d͡ʒi.ɾeɪ̯ˈta(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.d͡ʒi.ɾejˈta(ɾ)/ [ĩ.d͡ʒi.ɾeɪ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.d͡ʒi.ɾejˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.d͡ʒi.ɾeɪ̯ˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.d͡ʒi.ɾejˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.d͡ʒi.ɾeɪ̯ˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.d͡ʒi.ɾejˈta(ɻ)/ [ẽ.d͡ʒi.ɾeɪ̯ˈta(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.d͡ʒi.ɾejˈta(ɻ)/ [ĩ.d͡ʒi.ɾeɪ̯ˈta(ɻ)]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.di.ɾɐjˈtaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.di.ɾejˈtaɾ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.di.ɾejˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.di.ɾeˈta.ɾi/

endireitar (first-person singular present endireito, first-person singular preterite endireitei, past participle endireitado)

(transitive) to straighten (to make straight)
(intransitive) to straighten (to become straight)
to improve or rectify
- 1983, “Estrelar”, performed by Marcos Valle:
  Verão chegando / Quem não se endireitar / Não tem lugar ao sol
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to put on the right path
(reflexive) to right (to return to normal upright position)

Conjugation of endireitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:endireitar.