adormentar

From Old Galician-Portuguese adormentar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). From a- + dormir (“to sleep”) + -entar. Compare Italian addormentare.

• IPA^(key): /aðoɾmenˈtaɾ/, /aðoɾmɛnˈtaɾ/

adormentar (first-person singular present adormento, first-person singular preterite adormentei, past participle adormentado)

1. to send or put to sleep

   Synonym: adurmiñar

   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 7:

     Estonçes meteo sono en Adam et adormentóó ẽno Pareyso; et el dormỹdo tomou Deus hũa das costas de Adam

     And then He caused Adam to be sleepy and put him to sleep in Paradise; and as he was sleeping God took one of Adam's ribs

2. (figurative) to anesthetize; to soothe

   Synonyms: anestesiar, calmar

• dormir

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “adormentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dorment”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adormentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “adormentar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “adormentar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “adormentar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN