especar
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: es‧pe‧car
Verb edit
especar (first-person singular present especo, first-person singular preterite espequei, past participle especado)
- to sustain with handspikes
- (figuratively) to protect, to safeguard
- to become still and firm like a handspike
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of especar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.