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avistar
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Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
avistar (first-person singular present avisto, first-person singular preterite avistei, past participle avistado)
- (transitive) to sight (to get sight of something)
- O marinheiro gritou ao avistar terra.
- The mariner yelled as he sighted land.
- Avistei um objeto no céu.
- I sighted an object in the sky.
- 2022 September 27, Karla Monteiro, “Fascistas hibernam quando o líder desaparece”, in Folha de S.Paulo:
- Naquele longínquo Sete de Setembro, logo que cheguei à praça da Liberdade, avistei bandeiras integralistas.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
- avistado
- avistagem
- avistamento
- avistável
Further reading
- “avistar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “avistar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
avistar (first-person singular present avisto, first-person singular preterite avisté, past participle avistado)
- (transitive) to sight
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “avistar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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