Portuguese

chocar

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  1. (transitive) to brood (to keep an egg warm until it hatches)
  2. (intransitive) to hatch (to break open when a young animal emerges from it)
  3. (intransitive) to hatch (to emerge from its egg)
  4. (figuratively, transitive) to hatch (to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately)
  5. (intransitive, slang) to linger (to spend a long time not moving or doing anything)
  6. (informal, intransitive) to become foul due to heat

Frequency

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

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cloccāre, from Latin glocīre, glociāre (“to cluck”).

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