terraformar
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Terra + formar, possibly a calque from English terraform.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ter‧ra‧for‧mar
Verb
[edit]terraformar (first-person singular present terraformo, first-person singular preterite terraformei, past participle terraformado)
- (transitive) to terraform (hypothetically modify the atmosphere and temperature of a celestial body so that it acquires the appropriate conditions to support an ecosystem with terrestrial living beings)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of terraformar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “terraformar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.