Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
favorecer o rotacismo
English translation:
to encourage the rhotacism
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Portuguese term
favorecer o rotacismo
Portuguese to English
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Linguistics
phonology
Entretanto, a presença da fricativa /N/ parece favorecer o rotacismo de /T/, tornando o flap [R] como realização preferencial nesse contexto
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| 4 +1 | to favor the rhotacism |
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| 5 | encourage rhotacism |
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to favor the rhotacism
Rhotacism
n. 1. (Phylol.) An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Etymology: Rhotacism \Rho"ta*cism\, noun. [from Greek expression "rwtaki`zein to use the letter ([rho]) overmuch: compare to the French expression rhotacisme.]. (Websters 1913)
n. 1. (Phylol.) An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Etymology: Rhotacism \Rho"ta*cism\, noun. [from Greek expression "rwtaki`zein to use the letter ([rho]) overmuch: compare to the French expression rhotacisme.]. (Websters 1913)
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encourage rhotacism
"encourage" is much more appropriate than "favour" plus you should not say "the" before "rhotacism"
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