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instar.

to urge

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ĩsˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[ĩsˈta(h)]Brazil/ĩsˈta(ɾ)/São-Paulo/ĩʃˈta(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to urge

    intransitive
  2. to insist [with por ‘on’], to ask insistently for

    intransitive
  3. to question insistently, to interrogate

    intransitive
  4. to be imminent, to lurk

    intransitive
  5. to be urgent or necessary

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *énu Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin īnstārebor. Portuguese instar Borrowed from Latin īnstāre.

noun/ĩsˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[ĩsˈta(h)]Brazil/ĩsˈta(ɾ)/São-Paulo/ĩʃˈta(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. instar (Each of the states of metamorphosis of an invertebrate animal, comprised between two periods of molting.)

    intransitive · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin instar.

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