evocar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvocāre (to call out, to summon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βuˈka]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.voˈka]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [e.voˈkaɾ]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)
  • Homophone: evocà
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

evocar (first-person singular present evoco, first-person singular preterite evoquí, past participle evocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. (transitive) to evoke
    Synonym: suggerir

Conjugation

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēvocare (to call out, to summon).

Verb

evocar (first-person singular present evoco, first-person singular preterite evoquei, past participle evocado)

  1. to evoke

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvocāre (to call out, to summon), from ex (out) + vocō (to call), from vōx (voice), from Proto-Indo-European *wōkʷs (speech, voice).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.voˈka(ʁ)/ [e.voˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /e.voˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /e.voˈka(ʁ)/ [e.voˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.voˈka(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.vuˈkaɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.buˈkaɾ/ [i.βuˈkaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.vuˈka.ɾi/

Verb

evocar (first-person singular present evoco, first-person singular preterite evoquei, past participle evocado)

  1. to evoke (cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination)
  2. to remember
    Synonyms: lembrar, recordar
    Antonyms: esquecer, deslembrar

Conjugation

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Spanish

Etymology

  • Learned borrowing from Latin ēvocāre (to callout, summon), from ex- (out) +‎ vocāre (to call), from vōx (voice).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /eboˈkaɾ/ [e.β̞oˈkaɾ]
    • Rhymes: -aɾ
    • Syllabification: e‧vo‧car

    Verb

    evocar (first-person singular present evoco, first-person singular preterite evoqué, past participle evocado)

    1. to evoke, to conjure
      Synonym: conjurar

    Conjugation

    Further reading