desaguar

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Etymology

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From des-aguar.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɐˈɡwaɾ/ [dɨ.zɐˈɣwaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɐˈɡwa.ɾi/ [dɨ.zɐˈɣwa.ɾi]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ, -aʁ
  • Hyphenation: de‧sa‧guar

Noun

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desaguar (first-person singular present (Brazilian Portuguese) deságuo or (European Portuguese) desaguo, first-person singular preterite desaguei, past participle desaguado)

  1. (transitive) to flow; to disembogue
    Synonym: desembocar
    o rio desagua no marthe river flows into the sea
    • 1751 January 17, Thomaz da Silva Telles, José de Carvajal y Lancaster, “Art. XII”, in Tratado [] , Madrid, page 91; republished as José Ferreira Borges de Castro, “Reinado do Senhor D. José I”, in Collecção dos tratados, [] , volume 3, Lisbon: Imprensa nacional, 1856:
      E se declara que este rio que se tem por Corrientes não é o conhecido com este nome, que entra no rio da Prata acima da Cidade de Santa Fé, entre os rios Arias, e o de Santa Luzia, mas sim outro diverso que ao norte do Tropico de Capricornio desagua no rio Paraguai, que conforme a carta manuscrita que se entregará ao Commissario Portuguez, discorre da banda do Sul do rio Tepaú.
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Spanish

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Etymology

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From des-aguar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /desaˈɡwaɾ/ [d̪e.saˈɣ̞waɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧sa‧guar

Verb

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desaguar (first-person singular present desaguo, first-person singular preterite desagüé, past participle desaguado)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to drain
    Synonym: drenar
  2. (transitive) to waste
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) Synonym of orinar

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