untar

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ tar

Verb[edit]

untar (third-person singular simple present untars, present participle untaring or untarring, simple past and past participle untared or untarred)

  1. (computing, transitive) To extract from a tar archive.
    • 2002, John Bryan Callender, Perl for Web site management, page 405:
      I untarred (and ungzipped) that file using the following command: []
    • 2002, Luis Argerich, Professional PHP4 XML, page 764:
      This should completely reset everything to exactly the way it was after you untared/ungzipped PHP []

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Late Latin unctāre, frequentative of Latin ungere (via its past participle unctus), from earlier unguere, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (anoint).

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untar (first-person singular present unto, first-person singular preterite untí, past participle untat)

  1. (transitive) to anoint
  2. (transitive) to smear, to grease
  3. (transitive, figurative) to bribe
  4. (reflexive) to get greasy, to smear oneself
  5. (reflexive, figurative) to take a cut

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese untar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin unctāre, frequentative of Latin ungere (via its past participle unctus), from earlier unguere, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (anoint).

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untar (first-person singular present unto, first-person singular preterite untei, past participle untado)

  1. to anoint
  2. to smear; to spread
  3. to bribe

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References[edit]

  • untar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • untar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • untar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • untar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • untar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • untar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ladino[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish untar, from Late Latin unctāre.

Verb[edit]

untar (Latin spelling)

  1. to dip in a sauce or soup
  2. to anoint

Old High German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *under (compare Old English under, Old Norse undir).

Preposition[edit]

untar

  1. under

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle High German: unter

Portuguese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese untar, from Late Latin unctāre, frequentative of Latin ungere (via its past participle unctus), from earlier unguere, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (anoint).

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Hyphenation: un‧tar

Verb[edit]

untar (first-person singular present unto, first-person singular preterite untei, past participle untado)

  1. to smear; to spread (to distribute in a thin layer)

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From unt +‎ -ar.

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Noun[edit]

untar n (plural untari)

  1. butter maker

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish untar, from Late Latin unctāre, frequentative of Latin ungere (via its past participle unctus), from earlier unguere, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (anoint).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /unˈtaɾ/ [ũn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: un‧tar

Verb[edit]

untar (first-person singular present unto, first-person singular preterite unté, past participle untado)

  1. (transitive) to spread, to smear; to rub on (to distribute in a thin layer over)
    pasta para untarspread [food that can be spread]
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to bribe (to ask a person to do something in exchange for a reward)
    Synonym: sobornar
    medios untados
    bribed media
  3. (reflexive) To get smeared

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