branquear
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾɐ̃.kiˈa(ʁ)/ [bɾɐ̃.kɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /bɾɐ̃ˈkja(ʁ)/ [bɾɐ̃ˈkja(h)], /bɾɐ̃.keˈa(ʁ)/ [bɾɐ̃.keˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /bɾɐ̃.kiˈa(ɾ)/ [bɾɐ̃.kɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /bɾɐ̃ˈkja(ɾ)/, /bɾɐ̃.keˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /bɾɐ̃.kiˈa(ʁ)/ [bɾɐ̃.kɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /bɾɐ̃ˈkja(ʁ)/ [bɾɐ̃ˈkja(χ)], /bɾɐ̃.keˈa(ʁ)/ [bɾɐ̃.keˈa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /bɾɐ̃.kiˈa(ɻ)/ [bɾɐ̃.kɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /bɾɐ̃ˈkja(ɻ)/, /bɾɐ̃.keˈa(ɻ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾɐ̃.keˈa(ʁ)/ [bɾɐ̃.keˈa(h)]
- Hyphenation: bran‧que‧ar
Verb
[edit]branquear (first-person singular present branqueio, first-person singular preterite branqueei, past participle branqueado)
- to bleach, to whiten (to make white or whiter)
- Synonym: embranquecer
- (money) to launder (to disguise the source of)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of branquear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “branquear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “branquear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026