praticar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin prāctica (“practical affairs; business”), from Ancient Greek πρᾱκτική (prāktikḗ, “practice, experience”), from πρακτικός (praktikós, “practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “I do”)

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˌpɾa.t͡ʃi.ˈka(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpɾa.t͡ʃi.ˈka(ɻ)/
  • Hyphenation: pra‧ti‧car

Verb

praticar (first-person singular present indicative pratico, past participle praticado)

  1. to practice (repeat an activity as a way of improving one’s skill)
  2. to practice (perform or observe in a habitual fashion)
    As pessoas deveriam praticar desporto. ― People should practice sport.
    Synonyms: exercitar, treinar

Conjugation

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