auscultar

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Borrowed from Latin auscultāre. Doublet of escoltar, which was inherited.

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auscultar (first-person singular present ausculto, first-person singular preterite auscultí, past participle auscultat)

  1. (medicine) to auscultate (to listen to internal organs)

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin auscultāre (to listen). Compare the inherited doublet escutar.

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /awʃ.kulˈtaɾ/ [awʃ.kuɫˈtaɾ], /o(w)ʃ.kulˈtaɾ/ [o(w)ʃ.kuɫˈtaɾ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /awʃ.kulˈtaɾ/ [awʃ.kuɫˈtaɾ], /owʃ.kulˈtaɾ/ [owʃ.kuɫˈtaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /awʃ.kulˈta.ɾi/ [awʃ.kuɫˈta.ɾi], /oʃ.kulˈta.ɾi/ [oʃ.kuɫˈta.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: aus‧cul‧tar

Verb[edit]

auscultar (first-person singular present ausculto, first-person singular preterite auscultei, past participle auscultado)

  1. (medicine) to auscultate (to listen to internal organs)
    • 2013, Patricia Potter, Anne Griffin Perry, Martha Keene Elkin, Procedimentos e Intervenções de Enfermagem, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 136:
      Se você auscultar ruídos adventícios, faça o paciente tossir. Ouça mais uma vez com o estetoscópio para determinar se o som abafou com a tosse.
      If you auscultate adventitious noises, make the patient cough. Listen again with the stethoscope to determine if the sound has been muffled by the cough.
  2. (figuratively) to examine
    Synonym: examinar
  3. (figuratively) to sound out (to question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference)
    • 2011, Manuel da Silva Ramos, Três Vidas ao Espelho, Leya, →ISBN, page 254:
      ... estilo de vida boémio e tabernal para auscultar e consciencializar as classes mais desfavorecidas que continuavam a gostar de vinho e de chalaça.
      ... bohemian and tabernacle lifestyle to sound out to and raise awareness among the poorer classes who still liked wine and chalaça.

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin auscultāre (to listen). Compare the inherited doublet escuchar.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /auskulˈtaɾ/ [au̯s.kul̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: aus‧cul‧tar

Verb[edit]

auscultar (first-person singular present ausculto, first-person singular preterite ausculté, past participle auscultado)

  1. (medicine) to auscultate (to listen to internal organs)
  2. to examine; to probe; to sound out

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