socar

Irish

Etymology

Related to socair (still, quiet) and socraigh (to calm, to quiet).

Noun

socar

  1. Only used in ar socar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈka(ʁ)/ [soˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /soˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /soˈka(ʁ)/ [soˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈka(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈkaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈka.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: so‧car

Etymology 1

Uncertain.[1][2] Possibly, from soco (punch) + -ar,[3][4][5] or from Old Tupi sok.[6]

Verb

socar (first-person singular present soco, first-person singular preterite soquei, past participle socado)

  1. (transitive) to punch; to box (strike with the fists)
    Synonym: esmurrar
  2. (transitive) to pound (to crush to pieces; to pulverize)
  3. (transitive) to seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm
  4. (transitive, colloquial, by extension) to ram (to force something into or through something)
  5. (transitive, nautical) to fasten a knot
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From soca + -ar.

Verb

socar (first-person singular present soco, first-person singular preterite soquei, past participle socado)

  1. (transitive, Brazil, regional) to sprout
Conjugation

References

  1. socar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. socar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
  3. socar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  4. socar” in iDicionário Aulete.
  5. socar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
  6. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sok”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 444, column 1

Further reading

  • socar” in Dicionário Online de Português.
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