sabonetar
Portuguese, verb/sa.bo.neˈta(ʁ)/
sabonetar is spelled S-A-B-O-N-E-T-A-R (9 letters). Sabonetar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to avoid or dodge a confrontation or responsibility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “evitar ou fugir de um confronto ou responsabilidade”.
What does sabonetar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilslangto avoid or dodge a confrontation or responsibility
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. evitar ou fugir de um confronto ou responsabilidade
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 sabonetar
- saboneto first-person present singular
- sabonetei first-person preterite singular
- sabonetado participle past
- sabonetares infinitive second-person singular
- sabonetarmos first-person infinitive plural
- sabonetardes infinitive plural second-person
- sabonetarem infinitive plural third-person
- sabonetando gerund
- sabonetados masculine participle past
- sabonetada feminine participle past
- sabonetadas feminine participle past
- sabonetas indicative present second-person
- saboneta indicative present singular
- sabonetamos first-person indicative plural
- sabonetais indicative plural present
- sabonetam indicative plural present
- sabonetava first-person imperfect indicative
- sabonetavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sabonetar?
- Brazil /sa.bo.neˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [sa.bo.neˈta(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.