avistar

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- + vista (sight; view) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.visˈta(ʁ)/ [a.visˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.visˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.viʃˈta(ʁ)/ [a.viʃˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.visˈta(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.viʃˈtaɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.biʃˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.βiʃˈtaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.viʃˈta.ɾi/

Verb

avistar (first-person singular present avisto, first-person singular preterite avistei, past participle avistado)

  1. to sight (to get sight of something)
    O marinheiro gritou ao avistar terra.
    The mariner yelled as he sighted land.
    Avistei um objeto no céu.
    I sighted an object in the sky.

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From a- + vista + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abisˈtaɾ/ [a.β̞isˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧vis‧tar

Verb

avistar (first-person singular present avisto, first-person singular preterite avisté, past participle avistado)

  1. (transitive) to sight

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