desafiar
Asturian
[edit]Verb
[edit]desafiar (first-person singular indicative present desafio, past participle desafiáu)
- to challenge (to invite someone to take part in a competition)
Conjugation
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From des- + afiar, afidar (“swear fealty”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]desafiar (first-person singular present desafio, first-person singular preterite desafií, past participle desafiat)
- to challenge
Conjugation
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “desafiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From des- + afiar, from Vulgar Latin *afidāre (“to trust”).[1][2] Compare English defy.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.za.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [de.za.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /de.zaˈfja(ʁ)/ [de.zaˈfja(h)], /d͡ʒi.za.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zaˈfja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zaˈfja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.za.fiˈa(ɾ)/ [de.za.fɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.zaˈfja(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.za.fiˈa(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.fɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zaˈfja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.za.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [de.za.fɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.zaˈfja(ʁ)/ [de.zaˈfja(χ)], /d͡ʒi.za.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.fɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zaˈfja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zaˈfja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.za.fiˈa(ɻ)/ [de.za.fɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.zaˈfja(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: de‧sa‧fi‧ar
Verb
[edit]desafiar (first-person singular present desafio, first-person singular preterite desafiei, past participle desafiado)
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Tetum: dezafia
References
[edit]- ^ “desafiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “desafiar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From des- + afiar, which is from fiar. Compare English defy.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]desafiar (first-person singular present desafío, first-person singular preterite desafié, past participle desafiado)
- (transitive) to challenge (in a competition)
- (transitive) to defy, to challenge (e.g. parents, a leader, the status quo)
- Synonym: retar
- (transitive) to brave
- (transitive) to call out (i.e. to criticize or expose)
Conjugation
[edit]These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “desafiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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