vilificar
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin vīlificāre. By surface analysis, vil + -ificar.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: vi‧li‧fi‧car
Verb edit
vilificar (first-person singular present vilifico, first-person singular preterite vilifiquei, past participle vilificado)
- (transitive) to vilify (say defamatory things about)
- Synonyms: vilipendiar, difamar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of vilificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.