Polyglot Dictionary

aventar

/avẽˈtaɾ/

verb C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
avento
preterite (eu)
aventei
past participle
aventado

Meaning

  1. to suggest

    • Aventou uma hipótese.

      He floated a hypothesis.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

sugerir

aventar is more formal or tentative, to float an idea for consideration; sugerir is the everyday word — both mean "to suggest."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

sugerir

sugerir is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to suggest."

French

suggérer

suggérer is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to suggest."

Practice

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