usinar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French usiner. By surface analysis, usina + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.ziˈna(ʁ)/ [u.ziˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /u.ziˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /u.ziˈna(ʁ)/ [u.ziˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /u.ziˈna(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /u.ziˈnaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /u.ziˈna.ɾi/
Verb
usinar (first-person singular present usino, first-person singular preterite usinei, past participle usinado)
- (transitive) to machine
- (transitive) to manufacture (using machinery)
Conjugation
Conjugation of usinar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
References
- “usinar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025