crestar

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Portuguese[edit]

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  • Hyphenation: cres‧tar

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin crustāre.

Verb[edit]

crestar (first-person singular present cresto, first-person singular preterite crestei, past participle crestado)

  1. to sear
  2. to roast
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Etymology 2[edit]

Probably from Latin castrāre, through metathesis (therefore a doublet of castrar). Compare Occitan crestar (to castrate); cf. also Romanian cresta (cut; notch; make incisions).

Verb[edit]

crestar (first-person singular present cresto, first-person singular preterite crestei, past participle crestado)

  1. to collect honey from a beehive
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