xavecar

Portuguese

From xaveco +‎ -ar.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃa.veˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃa.veˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃa.veˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃa.veˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃa.veˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃa.veˈka(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.vɨˈkaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐ.bɨˈkaɾ/ [ʃɐ.βɨˈkaɾ]

xavecar (first-person singular present xaveco, first-person singular preterite xavequei, past participle xavecado)

(Brazil, slang) to flirt with, to try to seduce someone by flattening
Synonyms: paquerar, flertar, cantar

Ele gostava de xavecar as meninas da escola.
He liked to flirt with the school girls.
(Brazil, slang) to cheat, to act in an unfair way
Synonym: trapacear

Conjugation of xavecar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

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