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telefonar.

to telephone (to contact using a telephone)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/te.le.foˈna(ʁ)/Brazil[te.le.foˈna(h)]Brazil/te.le.foˈna(ɾ)/São-Paulo/te.le.foˈna(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to telephone (to contact using a telephone)

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephonebor. ▲ French téléphonebor. Portuguese telefone Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese telefonar From telefone + -ar. Compare French téléphoner.

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