espreguiçar

Portuguese

Etymology

From es- + preguiça (laziness) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ʁ)/ [is.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(h)], /es.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ʁ)/ [es.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ɾ)/, /es.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(χ)], /eʃ.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pɾe.ɡiˈsa(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɾɨ.ɡiˈsaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.pɾɨ.ɣiˈsaɾ]

  • Hyphenation: es‧pre‧gui‧çar

Verb

espreguiçar (first-person singular present espreguiço, first-person singular preterite espreguicei, past participle espreguiçado)

  1. to stretch
  2. (reflexive) to stretch (to extend one’s limbs or body in order to stretch the muscles)
    • 2023, Djalma do Nascimento Sousa, chapter V, in Memórias do Sul do Maranhão, Maranhão, published 2023, page 115:
      Se espreguiçar é uma maneira de tirar as dores do corpo, já hoje é uma maneira de tirar várias doenças modernas; como: estresse, pois é assim que muitos ainda hoje cuidam do corpo.
      Stretching is a way of getting rid of body aches and pains, and today it's a way of getting rid of many modern illnesses, such as stress, because that's how many people still take care of their bodies today.

Conjugation

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