adarvar

From adarve (“wall walk”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧dar‧var

adarvar (first-person singular present adarvo, first-person singular preterite adarvei, past participle adarvado)

1. (transitive) to fortify with wall walk
   • 1940, Coelho Netto, Olavo Bilac, “Guararapes”, in A Pátria Brasileira, 27th edition, Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Alves:

     Compunha-se o exército pernambucano de dois mil e seiscentos soldados. Até o meio dia, os dois exércitos se prepararam. Dispunha-se a artilharia, adarvavam-se as trincheiras, estendiam-se as alas da infantaria.

     The Pernambucan army was composed by two thousand six hundred soldiers. Until noon, the two armies prepared. The artillery was deployed, the trenches were fortified, and the infantary flanks were extensive.

• “adarvar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Arabic ضَرْب (ḍarb, “to beat, strike”).

• IPA^(key): /adaɾˈbaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧dar‧var

adarvar (first-person singular present adarvo, first-person singular preterite adarvé, past participle adarvado)

1. (transitive, rare) to stun, to shock

   Synonyms: pasmar, aturdir

• “adarvar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10