adentar
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a- + dente (“tooth”) + -ar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
adentar (first-person singular present adento, first-person singular preterite adentei, past participle adentado)
- to slightly cut or bite a chestnut before roasting or cooking it
- to bite
- to nibble
- Synonyms: amordiscar, amosegar, ataniscar
- to tooth, to jag
- Synonym: dentar
- to teethe
- Synonym: dentar
- O que cedo adenta, cedo emparenta (proverb) ― The one who early teethes, early gets siblings
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of adentar
Reintegrated conjugation of adentar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
References[edit]
- “adentar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “adentar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “adentar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “adentar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.