circunscrever

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • circumscrever

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin circumscrībere.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũs.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [sih.kũs.kɾeˈve(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /siɾ.kũs.kɾeˈve(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũʃ.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [siχ.kũʃ.kɾeˈve(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siɻ.kũs.kɾeˈve(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /siɾ.kũʃ.kɾɨˈveɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /siɾ.kũʃ.kɾɨˈbeɾ/ [siɾ.kũʃ.kɾɨˈβeɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /siɾ.kũʃ.kɾɨˈve.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: cir‧cuns‧cre‧ver

Verb

circunscrever (first-person singular present circunscrevo, first-person singular preterite circunscrevi, past participle circunscrito)

  1. (transitive) to circumscribe; to encircle (draw a line around; encircle)
    Synonym: circular
  2. (transitive) to circumscribe; to restrict (limit narrowly)
    Synonyms: delimitar, restringir
  3. (transitive, geometry) to circumscribe (draw a circle, sphere, or higher-dimensional ball)

Conjugation

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