abduzir

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin abdūcere (to take or lead away), adapted to other verbs in -duzir.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bi.duˈzi(ʁ)/ [a.bi.duˈzi(h)], /ab.duˈzi(ʁ)/ [ab.duˈzi(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.bi.duˈzi(ɾ)/, /ab.duˈzi(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.bi.duˈzi(ʁ)/ [a.bi.duˈzi(χ)], /ab.duˈzi(ʁ)/ [ab.duˈzi(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ab.duˈzi(ɻ)/, /a.bi.duˈzi(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bduˈziɾ/ [ɐ.βðuˈziɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.bduˈzi.ɾi/ [ɐ.βðuˈzi.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: ab‧du‧zir

Verb[edit]

abduzir (first-person singular present abduzo, first-person singular preterite abduzi, past participle abduzido)

  1. (transitive) to separate
  2. (transitive, anatomy) to abduct (to draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body)
    Antonym: aduzir
  3. (transitive, Brazil, law) to abduct (to draw away from its ordinary position)
    Synonym: sequestrar
  4. (transitive, ufology) to abduct

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