prevaricar

From Latin praevāricārī, present active infinitive of praevāricor.

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

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

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• prevaricació

From Latin praevāricārī.

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

• prevaricação

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

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

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

• “prevaricar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014