minguar
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese minguar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *minuāre, from Latin minuĕre, present active infinitive of minuō (“I make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
minguar (first-person singular present minguo, first-person singular preterite mingüei, past participle minguado)
- (intransitive) to wane (lunar phase)
- to diminish
Conjugation[edit]
- Note: mingu- are changed to mingü- before front vowels (e).
References[edit]
- “minguar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “minguar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “minguar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “minguar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “minguar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Portuguese minguar, from Vulgar Latin *minuāre, from Latin minuĕre (“to make smaller, to diminish”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”).
Cognate with Galician minguar, Spanish menguar and Catalan minvar.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: min‧gu‧ar
Verb[edit]
minguar (first-person singular present (Brazil) mínguo or (Portugal) minguo, first-person singular preterite minguei, past participle minguado)
Conjugation[edit]
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
3Superseded.
Derived terms[edit]
- Galician terms inherited from Old Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Portuguese
- Galician terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Galician terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician verbs
- Galician verbs ending in -ar
- Galician intransitive verbs
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese verbs ending in -ar