acalentar
Appearance
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese acalantar, from a- + calar (“to shut up”) + -entar.[1] Compare adormentar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /akalenˈtaɾ/ [ɑ.kɑ.len̪ˈt̪aɾ], /akalɛnˈtaɾ/ [ɑ.kɑ.lɛn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Hyphenation: a‧ca‧len‧tar
Verb
[edit]acalentar (first-person singular present acalento, first-person singular preterite acalentei, past participle acalentado)
- (transitive) to hush
- (transitive) to lull; to comfort
- (transitive) to caress, fondle
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of acalentar
Reintegrated conjugation of acalentar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “acalentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “acalentar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “acalentar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “callar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese acalantar.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: a‧ca‧len‧tar
Verb
[edit]acalentar (first-person singular present acalento, first-person singular preterite acalentei, past participle acalentado)
- (transitive) to cherish
- (transitive) to lull, comfort
- (pronominal) to calm down
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of acalentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
[edit]- “acalentar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “acalentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Categories:
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Galician/aɾ
- Rhymes:Galician/aɾ/4 syllables
- Galician lemmas
- Galician verbs
- Galician verbs ending in -ar
- Galician transitive verbs
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese transitive verbs