azular

From azul +‎ -ar. Compare Italian azzurrare.

• Hyphenation: a‧zu‧lar

azular (first-person singular present azulo, first-person singular preterite azulei, past participle azulado)

1. (transitive) to blue

• “azular”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From azul +‎ -ar (compare Italian azzurrare).

• IPA^(key): /aθuˈlaɾ/ [a.θuˈlaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /asuˈlaɾ/ [a.suˈlaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧zu‧lar

azular (first-person singular present azulo, first-person singular preterite azulé, past participle azulado)

1. (transitive) to dye blue
   • 2017 August, “Revelan por qué los perros se volvieron azules en la India”, in Al Dia‎^[1]:

     El MPCB ha podido saber que una empresa privada local liberaba a la atmósfera y al agua residuos industriales sin procesar —en concreto polvo colorante de color azul—, lo que azuló a varios perros y aves en la zona.

     The MCBP has determined that a local private business released into the atmosphere and water unprocessed industrial waste - specifically a blue dye powder - which has turned blue many dogs and birds in the area.

• “azular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024