contornar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˌkõ.toɾ.ˈna(ɾ)/, /ˌkõ.toɹ.ˈna(ɹ)/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkõ.toɾ.ˈna(ɾ)/, /ˌkõ.toɻ.ˈna(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tuɾ.ˈnaɾ/
Verb
contornar (first-person singular present indicative contorno, past participle contornado)
- to avoid something in one’s path
- Melhor contornarmos esta região, ela é perigosa.
- We better go around this region, it is dangerous.
- to surround a location
- O castelo é contornado por um muro.
- The castle is surrounded by a wall.
- to overcome a problem with or without solving it
- Contornei a pobreza.
- I overcame poverty.
- to draw the contour of something
- Crianças gostam de contornar suas mãos.
- Children like to trace their hands.
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb contornar
Synonyms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontorˈnaɾ/, [kõn̪t̪orˈnaɾ]
Verb
contornar (first-person singular present contorno, first-person singular preterite contorné, past participle contornado)
- Alternative form of contornear
Conjugation
Further reading
- “contornar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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