beirar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From beira +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bei‧rar === Verb === beirar (first-person singular present beiro, first-person singular preterite beirei, past participle beirado) (transitive) to border; to skirt (to be on the edge of something) Synonyms: ladear, margear O prédio beira o parque municipal. ― The building borders the city park. (transitive) to border on (to be almost like) Seus comentários beiram insultos. ― Your comments border on insults. (transitive) to be almost; to be nearly O custo do projeto beirava um bilhão de reais. ― The project’s cost was almost a billion reais. ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “beirar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “beirar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026