alvejar
Portuguese
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *albizāre. Senses 2 and 3 developed later. Derivable from alvo (“white; target”) + -ejar (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: al‧ve‧jar
Verb
editalvejar (first-person singular present alvejo, first-person singular preterite alvejei, past participle alvejado)
- (intransitive) to bleach; to whiten
- Synonym: branquejar
- (transitive) to aim at
- (transitive) to shoot; to hit
- Synonym: atingir
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of alvejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “alvejar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
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