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argumentar

argumentar

Ido

Verb

argumentar (present tense argumentas, past tense argumentis, future tense argumentos, imperative argumentez, conditional argumentus)

  1. (transitive) to argue (a case), to try to prove something

Conjugation


Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin argūmentāre (to adduce arguments), from argumēntum (argument), from arguō (I show; I prove).

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /aɾ.ɡu.mẽ.ˈta(ɾ)/, /aɹ.ɡu.mẽ.ˈta(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /aɾ.ɡu.mẽ.ˈta(ɾ)/, /aɻ.ɡu.mẽ.ˈta(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.ɣu.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gu‧men‧tar

Verb

argumentar (first-person singular present indicative argumento, past participle argumentado)

  1. to debate; to argue (to put forth arguments)
    Argumentara contra a lei proposta.
    He had argued against the proposed law.

Conjugation

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Spanish

Verb

argumentar (first-person singular present argumento, first-person singular preterite argumenté, past participle argumentado)

  1. to dispute
  2. to argue (make a case for a point of view)

Conjugation