contornar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.toʁˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.toɦˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.toɾˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.toʁˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.toʁˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.toɻˈna(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tuɾˈnaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tuɾˈna.ɾi/
Verb
contornar (first-person singular present contorno, first-person singular preterite contornei, past participle contornado)
- (transitive) to circumvent, to avoid something in one's path
- Synonyms: contornear, tornear
- Melhor contornarmos esta região, ela é perigosa. ― We better go around this region, it is dangerous.
- to surround a location
- 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
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
- contornado
- contornamento
- contornável
- contornear
- contorno
- incontornável
- retornar
- tornar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontoɾˈnaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪oɾˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: con‧tor‧nar
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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