eletrocutar

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === eletrocutir electrocutir (pre-1990 spelling) electrocutar (pre-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Borrowed from French électrocuter, from English electrocute. Equivalent to a blend of eletro- +‎ executar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: e‧le‧tro‧cu‧tar === Verb === eletrocutar (first-person singular present eletrocuto, first-person singular preterite eletrocutei, past participle eletrocutado) electrocute (to kill by electric shock) electrocute (to execute by electric shock in an electric chair) (informal, proscribed) electrocute (to inflict a severe electric shock) ==== Usage notes ==== Sense 3 is in common use and not perceived as nonstandard by most speakers, but it is not supported by dictionaries. Although there is a lack of synonymous, active voice verbs with this meaning, the passive voice construction ser eletrocutado (“to be electrocuted”) may be substituted for levar choque (literally “to take a shock”). Some dictionaries ascribe this meaning to eletrocutir, while others treat the two verbs as complete synonyms. Some commentators further reject the use of eletrocutar for accidental deaths (sense 1) and prescribe that eletrocutar only be used in reference to electric chair execution (sense 2). This view is not shared by dictionaries and rejected by other commentators. See more at eletrocussão. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “eletrocutar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “eletrocutar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “eletrocutar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “eletrocutar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “eletrocutar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026