alvejar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *albizāre. Senses 2 and 3 developed later. Derivable from alvo (“white; target”) +‎ -ejar (verb-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: al‧ve‧jar === Verb === alvejar (first-person singular present alvejo, first-person singular preterite alvejei, past participle alvejado) (intransitive) to bleach; to whiten Synonym: branquejar (transitive) to aim at Synonym: tomar como alvo (transitive) to shoot; to hit Synonym: atingir ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “alvejar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alvejar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “alvejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026