adornar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin adōrnāre, present active infinitive of adōrnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ðurˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ðorˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ðoɾˈnaɾ]

Verb

adornar (first-person singular present adorno, first-person singular preterite adorní, past participle adornat)

1. to adorn
   • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

     es trovaba dividida en llotges profusament adornades

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• adorn
• adornament

Further reading

• “adornar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “adornar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “adornar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “adornar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin adōrnāre, present active infinitive of adōrnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.ðuɾ.ˈnaɾ/
• Hyphenation: a‧dor‧nar

Verb

1. to adorn

   Synonyms: enfeitar, ornamentar, ornar

Related terms

• adorno

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin adōrnāre, present active infinitive of adōrnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adoɾˈnaɾ/ [a.ð̞oɾˈnaɾ]

Verb

1. to adorn, to ornament, to decorate, to garnish, to embellish, to dress, to bedeck, to deck

   Synonym: decorar

2. to trim (e.g. a Christmas tree)
3. (Argentina, slang) to buy off; to bribe

   Synonym: sobornar

Derived terms

• adorno

Further reading

• “adornar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014