adoçar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ doce +‎ -ar (compare French adoucir, Spanish adulzar).

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.duˈsaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuˈsaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.duˈsa.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðuˈsa.ɾi]

Verb

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adoçar (first-person singular present adoço, first-person singular preterite adocei, past participle adoçado)

  1. (transitive) to sweeten
  2. (transitive) to blunt
  3. (transitive, figuratively) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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