aluar

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- + lua + -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.luˈa(ʁ)/ [a.lʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlwa(ʁ)/ [aˈlwa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.luˈa(ɾ)/ [a.lʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlwa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.luˈa(ʁ)/ [a.lʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlwa(ʁ)/ [aˈlwa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.luˈa(ɻ)/ [a.lʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlwa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈlwaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈlwa.ɾi/

Verb

aluar (first-person singular present aluo, first-person singular preterite aluei, past participle aluado)

  1. (transitive, nautical) to roach
  2. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to become lunatic
  3. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to be in heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile)

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