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espreguiçar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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    From es- + preguiça (laziness) + -ar. The noun is derived from the verb.

    Pronunciation

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    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pɾi.ɡiˈsa(ʁ)/ [is.pɾi.ɡiˈsa(h)], /is.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ʁ)/ [is.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(h)], /es.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ʁ)/ [es.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(h)]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.pɾi.ɡiˈsa(ɾ)/, /is.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ɾ)/, /es.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ɾ)/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pɾi.ɡiˈsa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.pɾi.ɡiˈsa(χ)], /iʃ.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(χ)], /eʃ.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(χ)]
      • (Caipira) IPA(key): /is.pɾi.ɡiˈsa(ɻ)/, /is.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ɻ)/, /es.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ɻ)/
      • (Gaúcho) IPA(key): /es.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ʁ)/ [es.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(h)]
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɾɨ.ɡiˈsaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.pɾɨ.ɣiˈsaɾ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɾɨ.ɡiˈsa.ɾi/

    • Hyphenation: es‧pre‧gui‧çar

    Verb

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    espreguiçar (first-person singular present espreguiço, first-person singular preterite espreguicei, past participle espreguiçado)

    1. (intransitive or reflexive) to stretch, particularly when waking up
      Synonym: despreguiçar
      Hypernym: alongar
      • 2023, Djalma do Nascimento Sousa, chapter V, in Memórias do Sul do Maranhão, Maranhão, published 2023, page 115:
        Se espreguiçar é uma maneira de tirar as dores do corpo, já hoje é uma maneira de tirar várias doenças modernas; como: estresse, pois é assim que muitos ainda hoje cuidam do corpo.
        Stretching is a way of getting rid of body aches and pains, and today it's a way of getting rid of many modern illnesses, such as stress, because that's how many people still take care of their bodies today.

    Conjugation

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    Noun

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    espreguiçar m (plural espreguiçares)

    1. a stretch
      • 1970, Chico Buarque, “Samba e Amor [Samba and Love]”, in Chico Buarque de Hollanda № 4, Philips Records:
        O trânsito contorna a nossa cama, reclama / Do nosso eterno espreguiçar
        The traffic surrounds our bed, it complains / Of our everlasting morning stretch

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