auscultar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auscultō. Doublet of escoltar, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

Verb

auscultar (first-person singular present ausculto, past participle auscultat)

  1. (medicine) to auscultate (to listen to internal organs)

Conjugation

  • auscultació

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auscultāre (to listen). Compare the inherited doublet escutar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aws.kuwˈta(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯s.kuʊ̯ˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aws.kuwˈta(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯s.kuʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /awʃ.kuwˈta(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯ʃ.kuʊ̯ˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aws.kuwˈta(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯s.kuʊ̯ˈta(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /awʃ.kulˈtaɾ/ [awʃ.kuɫˈtaɾ], /o(w)ʃ.kulˈtaɾ/ [o(w)ʃ.kuɫˈtaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /awʃ.kulˈtaɾ/ [awʃ.kuɫˈtaɾ], /oʃ.kulˈtaɾ/ [oʃ.kuɫˈtaɾ]

  • Hyphenation: aus‧cul‧tar

Verb

auscultar (first-person singular present ausculto, first-person singular preterite auscultei, past participle auscultado)

  1. (medicine) to auscultate (to listen to internal organs)
    • 2013, Patricia Potter; Anne Griffin Perry; Martha Keene Elkin, Procedimentos e Intervenções de Enfermagem, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 136:
      Se você auscultar ruídos adventícios, faça o paciente tossir. Ouça mais uma vez com o estetoscópio para determinar se o som abafou com a tosse.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. (figuratively) to examine
    Synonym: examinar
  3. (figuratively) to sound out (to question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference)
    • 2011, Manuel da Silva Ramos, Três Vidas ao Espelho, Leya, →ISBN, page 254:
      ... estilo de vida boémio e tabernal para auscultar e consciencializar as classes mais desfavorecidas que continuavam a gostar de vinho e de chalaça.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin auscultāre, present active infinitive of auscultō (to listen). Compare the inherited doublet escuchar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /auskulˈtaɾ/ [au̯s.kul̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: aus‧cul‧tar

Verb

auscultar (first-person singular present ausculto, first-person singular preterite ausculté, past participle auscultado)

  1. (medicine) to auscultate (to listen to internal organs)
  2. to examine; to probe; to sound out

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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