alindar

Attested since the 18th century. From a- +‎ linde (“boundary”) +‎ -ar.

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alindar (first-person singular present alindo, first-person singular preterite alindei, past participle alindado)

1. to watch over a herd; to shepherd

   Synonym: apacentar

• alindadora (“wagtail”)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alindar”, 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), “alindar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “alindar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alindar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From a- +‎ lindo (“beautiful”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧lin‧dar

alindar (first-person singular present alindo, first-person singular preterite alindei, past participle alindado)

1. (transitive, pronominal) to embellish, to beautify
2. (transitive, pronominal) to adorn, to trim

   Synonyms: enfeitar, adornar

• alindamento

• “alindar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From a- +‎ lindo +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /alinˈdaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lin‧dar

alindar (first-person singular present alindo, first-person singular preterite alindé, past participle alindado)

1. (transitive) to beautify; to smarten up

• “alindar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10