branquear
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾɐ̃.keˈa(ʁ)/ [bɾɐ̃.keˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /bɾɐ̃.keˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /bɾɐ̃.keˈa(ʁ)/ [bɾɐ̃.keˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾɐ̃.keˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾɐ̃ˈkjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾɐ̃ˈkja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: bran‧que‧ar
Verb
branquear (first-person singular present branqueio, first-person singular preterite branqueei, past participle branqueado)
- to bleach, to whiten (to make white or whiter)
- Synonym: embranquecer
- (money) to launder (to disguise the source of)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- branqueação
- branqueador
- branqueamento
- branqueio
- rebranquear
Further reading
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