pipocar
Portuguese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
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Verb
editpipocar (first-person singular present pipoco, first-person singular preterite pipoquei, past participle pipocado) (intransitive)
- to pop (of popcorn, or to make a similar popping sound)
- to boil with bubbles (of water)
- (figurative, colloquial) to pop up, to appear suddenly
- (colloquial, sports) to wimp out, to act fearfully
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of pipocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “pipocar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “pipocar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024