xantar

Asturian

Verb

xantar (first-person singular indicative present xanto, past participle xantáu)

1. Alternative form of xintar

Conjugation

Conjugation of xantar

infinitive		xantar
gerund		xantando
past participle		m xantáu, f xantada, n xantao, m pl xantaos, f pl xantaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	xanto	xantes	xanta	xantamos	xantáis	xanten
	imperfect	xantaba	xantabes	xantaba	xantábemos, xantábamos	xantabeis, xantabais	xantaben
	preterite	xanté	xantasti, xantesti	xantó	xantemos	xantastis, xantestis	xantaron
	pluperfect	xantare, xantara	xantares, xantaras	xantare, xantara	xantáremos, xantáramos	xantareis, xantarais	xantaren, xantaran
	future	xantaré	xantarás	xantará	xantaremos	xantaréis	xantarán
	conditional	xantaría	xantaríes	xantaría	xantaríemos, xantaríamos	xantaríeis, xantaríais	xantaríen
subjunctive	present	xante	xantes, xantas	xante	xantemos	xantéis	xanten, xantan
	imperfect	xantare, xantara	xantares, xantaras	xantare, xantara	xantáremos, xantáramos	xantareis, xantarais	xantaren, xantaran
imperative		—	xanta	—	—	xantái	—

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Galician

Silvio Fernandez's O Xantar ("the lunch"), 1890

Casa de Xantar (~ "house of eating" / "restaurant")

Alternative forms

• xentar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese jantar, from Latin ientāre, present active infinitive of ientō. Cognate with Portuguese jantar, Asturian xintar and Spanish yantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃanˈtaɾ/

Noun

xantar m (plural xantares)

1. dinner (midday main meal)
2. lunch
3. (historical) a food contribution or tax paid to a visiting lord or lord's representative
   • 1287, E. Duro Peña (ed.), "El monasterio de San Salvador de Sobrado de Trives", Archivos Leoneses, 21, 49, page 72:

     dardes cada ano abbadesa do sobredito moesteyro un jantar neste guisa sosu[dita dar]desnos dous carneyros boos e tres cabritos e V galinnas e pan de centeo que auonde a nosa conpana e V teegas de çeuada por teega [dereita e] se for en inuerno dardesnos para este jantar un porco boo que ualea un mr. de boa moeda e tres cabritos e V galinnas

     you'll give this monastery's abbess a "dinner" each year in this way: two good rams and three kids and five hens and rye bread enough for our retinue and 5 bushels of barley, correctly measured; and if it happens to be winter you'll give us for this "dinner" a good pig, valued in three maravedis of good coinage, and three kids and five hens

Verb

1. to dinner (midday main meal)
2. to lunch
3. to eat

   Synonym: comer

Derived terms

• casa de xantar

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “jantar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “xantar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.