traquejar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • traquear (except the military sense of Etymology 1)

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾa.keˈʒa(ʁ)/ [tɾa.keˈʒa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tɾa.keˈʒa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tɾa.keˈʒa(ʁ)/ [tɾa.keˈʒa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾa.keˈʒa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ.kɨˈʒaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ.kɨˈʒa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: tra‧que‧jar

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Verb

traquejar (first-person singular present traquejo, first-person singular preterite traquejei, past participle traquejado) (transitive)

  1. to chase, to pursue
    Synonym: perseguir
  2. to habilitate, to train (someone) for some activity
  3. (hunting) to flush out (game) by beating the undergrowth
  4. (military) to reprehend severely, to overdiscipline
    Synonym: escarmentar
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From traque + -ejar.

Verb

traquejar (first-person singular present traquejo, first-person singular preterite traquejei, past participle traquejado) (intransitive)

  1. (vulgar) to fart
Conjugation
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