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abster.

to keep, to prevent (to stop someone from doing something)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/absˈte(ʁ)/Brazil[absˈte(h)]Brazil/a.bisˈte(ʁ)/Brazil[a.bisˈte(h)]Brazil
  1. to keep, to prevent (to stop someone from doing something)

    transitive
    As dores o abstiveram de viajar.
  2. to abstain, to refrain (to deliberately not do, have or make use of something pleasurable)

    pronominal
    Essa dieta exige que você se abstenha de chocolate.
    Essa dieta exige que você se abstenha de comer chocolate.
  3. to keep one’s composure

    pronominal
    Não importa quantos insultos ouvir, abstenha-se.
  4. to abstain (to deliberately refrain from voting)

    pronominal
    Nenhuma das opções é boa, então eu me abstenho.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin abstinēre (“to abstain”), with conjugation based on ter.

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