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chocar.

to brood (to keep an egg warm until it hatches)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʃoˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[ʃoˈka(h)]Brazil/ʃoˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[ʃoˈka(h)]Brazil
  1. to brood (to keep an egg warm until it hatches)

    transitive
  2. to hatch (to break open when a young animal emerges from it)

    intransitive
  3. to hatch (to emerge from its egg)

    intransitive
  4. to hatch (to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately)

    figuratively · transitive
  5. to linger (to spend a long time not moving or doing anything)

    intransitive · slang
  6. to become foul due to heat

    informal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin glocīre Vulgar Latin *cloccāre Portuguese chocar Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cloccāre, from Latin glocīre.

verb/ʃoˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[ʃoˈka(h)]Brazil/ʃoˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[ʃoˈka(h)]Brazil
  1. to collide (to hit one another violently)

    pronominal
    As aeronaves se chocaram logo depois de decolarem.
  2. to collide with; to crash against (to hit violently)

    pronominal · usually
    Só um esquiador na história conseguiu descer esta ladeira sem se chocar em nenhuma árvore.
  3. to shock (to evoke a very negative emotional response)

    transitive
    Os vídeos de decapitação do Estado Islâmico chocaram o mundo.
  4. to clash (to not work well together)

    pronominal
    Os imigrantes serão bem aceitos porque seus valores não se chocam com os nossos.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *skokkōnder. Old French choquer Proto-West Germanic *skokkōnder. Picard chuquier /çukerbor. Middle French chocquer French choquerdeverb. French chocbor. Portuguese choque Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese chocar From choque + -ar.

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