prescrever

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed (modeled on escrever), from Latin praescrībere.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾes.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [pɾes.kɾeˈve(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pɾes.kɾeˈve(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾeʃ.kɾeˈve(ʁ)/ [pɾeʃ.kɾeˈve(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾes.kɾeˈve(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: pres‧cre‧ver

Verb

prescrever (first-person singular present prescrevo, first-person singular preterite prescrevi, past participle prescrito)

  1. (healthcare, transitive) to prescribe (to declare that a drug or treatment should be used by a patient)
  2. (transitive) to prescribe (to specify a procedure or practice as correct or required)
    Antonym: proscrever
  3. (criminal law, of a crime, intransitive) to become unprosecutable after a time limit, due to a statute of limitations

Conjugation

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