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exercitar
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin exercitāre (“to exercise”).
Pronunciation
Verb
exercitar (first-person singular present exercito, first-person singular preterite exercitei, past participle exercitado)
- to exercise (to perform an activity designed to hone a skill)
- Ler exercita o cérebro.
- Reading exercises the brain.
- (specifically) to work out (perform physical exercise)
- Foi à academia para se exercitar.
- He went to the gym to work out.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms
- (to exercise): treinar
Related terms
- exercer
- exercício
- exercitação
- exercitado
- exercitador
- exercitamento
- exercitante
- exercitativo
- exercitável
- exército
- exercitor
- exercitório
Further reading
- “exercitar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “exercitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Verb
exercitar (first-person singular present exercito, first-person singular preterite exercité, past participle exercitado)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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