acalentar

From Old Galician-Portuguese acalantar, from a- +‎ calar (“to shut up”) +‎ -entar. Compare adormentar.

• IPA^(key): ,

acalentar (first-person singular present acalento, first-person singular preterite acalentei, past participle acalentado)

1. (transitive) to hush
2. (transitive) to lull; to comfort

   Synonyms: acariñar, arrolar

3. (transitive) to caress, fondle

   Synonyms: acariñar, aloumiñar

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “acalantar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “acalant”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “acalentar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “acalentar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “acalentar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• acalantar

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• Hyphenation: a‧ca‧len‧tar

acalentar (first-person singular present acalento, first-person singular preterite acalentei, past participle acalentado)

1. (transitive) to cherish
2. (transitive) to lull, comfort

   Synonyms: adormecer, acalmar

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to calm down

• acalmador