joeirar

Portuguese

Etymology

From joeira + -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒo.e(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ʒo.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʒo.e(j)ˈɾa(ɾ)/ [ʒo.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʒo.e(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ʒo.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒo.e(j)ˈɾa(ɻ)/ [ʒo.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(ɻ)]
 

  • Hyphenation: jo‧ei‧rar

Verb

joeirar (first-person singular present joeiro, first-person singular preterite joeirei, past participle joeirado)

  1. (agriculture) to winnow (to separate grain from chaff by throwing them in the air)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to winnow; to sift (to separate the good from the bad)

Conjugation

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