batucar

Portuguese

Etymology

From batuque +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.tuˈka(ʁ)/ [ba.tuˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ba.tuˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ba.tuˈka(ʁ)/ [ba.tuˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.tuˈka(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.tuˈkaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.tuˈka.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: ba‧tu‧car

Verb

batucar (first-person singular present batuco, first-person singular preterite batuquei, past participle batucado)

  1. (intransitive) drum (to beat a drum)
  2. (ambitransitive) drum (to beat with a rapid succession of strokes)

Conjugation