caluniar
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- calumniar (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin calumniārī; by surface analysis, calúnia + -ar. Piecewise doublet of coimar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.lu.niˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.lu.nɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ka.luˈnja(ʁ)/ [ka.luˈnja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ka.lu.niˈa(ɾ)/ [ka.lu.nɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ka.luˈnja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ka.lu.niˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.lu.nɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ka.luˈnja(ʁ)/ [ka.luˈnja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.lu.niˈa(ɻ)/ [ka.lu.nɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ka.luˈnja(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: ca‧lu‧ni‧ar
Verb
[edit]caluniar (first-person singular present calunio, first-person singular preterite caluniei, past participle caluniado)
- to calumniate; to slander (to make hurtful untrue statements)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of caluniar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “caluniar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “caluniar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “caluniar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
- “caluniar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “caluniar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
Categories:
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -ar
- Portuguese piecewise doublets
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese verbs ending in -ar