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)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨʃ.kɾɨˈveɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨʃ.kɾɨˈbeɾ/ [pɾɨʃ.kɾɨˈβeɾ]
- Hyphenation: pres‧cre‧ver
Verb
prescrever (first-person singular present prescrevo, first-person singular preterite prescrevi, past participle prescrito)
- (healthcare, transitive) to prescribe (to declare that a drug or treatment should be used by a patient)
- (transitive) to prescribe (to specify a procedure or practice as correct or required)
- Antonym: proscrever
- (criminal law, of a crime, intransitive) to become unprosecutable after a time limit, due to a statute of limitations
Conjugation
Conjugation of prescrever (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
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