monotongar
Portuguese, verb/mo.no.tõˈɡa(ʁ)/
monotongar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to monophthongize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transformar um ditongo num único som vocálico”.
What does monotongar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to monophthongize
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. transformar um ditongo num único som vocálico
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of monotongar
- monotongo first-person present singular
- monotonguei first-person preterite singular
- monotongado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- monotongares infinitive second-person singular
- monotongarmos first-person infinitive plural
- monotongardes infinitive plural second-person
- monotongarem infinitive plural third-person
- monotongando gerund
- monotongados masculine participle past
- monotongada feminine participle past
- monotongadas feminine participle past
- monotongas indicative present second-person
- monotonga indicative present singular
- monotongamos first-person indicative plural
- monotongais indicative plural present
- monotongam indicative plural present
- monotongava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce monotongar?
- Brazil /mo.no.tõˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mo.no.tõˈɡa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.