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empoeirar.

to dust up

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ẽ.pu.e(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/Brazil[ẽ.pu.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)]Brazil/ẽ.pwe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/Brazil[ẽ.pwe(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)]Brazil

  1. to dust up

  2. to become dusty

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Galician-Portuguese en- Portuguese en- Portuguese em- Portuguese poeira Portuguese -ar Portuguese empoeirar From em- + poeira + -ar.

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