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corar

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to blush (redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment)
  2. to bleach
  3. to colour, dye

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/koˈɾa(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese coorar (“to paint”), from Latin colōrāre (“to paint, to dye”). Doublet of colorar, a borrowing.

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