prevaricar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin praevāricārī, present active infinitive of praevāricor.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /pɾə.və.ɾiˈka/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /pɾə.bə.ɾiˈka/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /pɾe.va.ɾiˈkaɾ/
  • Homophone: prevaricà
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

prevaricar (first-person singular present prevarico, past participle prevaricat)

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Conjugation

  • prevaricació

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin praevāricārī.

Verb

prevaricar (first-person singular present prevarico, first-person singular preterite prevariquei, past participle prevaricado)

  1. to fail or refuse to obey certain laws, rules or obligations
    Synonym: descumprir
    1. (law) to commit the crime of prevarication, which consists in not complying with laws
  2. to betray
  3. (transitive) to corrupt

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praevāricārī, present active infinitive of praevāricor. Cognate with English prevaricate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾebaɾiˈkaɾ/ [pɾe.β̞a.ɾiˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pre‧va‧ri‧car

Verb

prevaricar (first-person singular present prevarico, first-person singular preterite prevariqué, past participle prevaricado)

  1. to prevaricate
    Synonyms: andarse con rodeos, andarse por las ramas, tergiversar
  2. (law) to commit perjury
  3. to fall short performing, or to neglect, one's duties
  4. (colloquial) to go mad

Conjugation

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