devassar
Portuguese
Etymology
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Inherited from Latin dīvexāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.vaˈsa(ʁ)/ [de.vaˈsa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.vaˈsa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.vaˈsa(ʁ)/ [de.vaˈsa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /de.vaˈsa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.vɐˈsaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.bɐˈsaɾ/ [dɨ.βɐˈsaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.vɐˈsa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: de‧vas‧sar
Verb
devassar (first-person singular present devasso, first-person singular preterite devassei, past participle devassado)
- to break into (to enter illegally or by force)
- Synonym: invadir
- to divulge (to make public) facts about someone or something, especially reproachful facts
- to corrupt; to pervert
Conjugation
Conjugation of devassar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
- devassa
- devassado
- devassador
- devassamente
- devassamento
- devassante
- devassável
- devassidade
- devassidão
- devasso
Further reading
- “devassar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “devassar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
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