amolentar

From mol (“soft”) +‎ -entar.

• IPA^(key): /amolenˈtaɾ/

amolentar (first-person singular present amolento, first-person singular preterite amolentei, past participle amolentado)

1. (transitive) to make soft, to soften

   Synonyms: adondar, amolecer, amolegar

   • 1822, anonymous author, A Parola Polêteca:

     En escoitalo, señor tio Calacú, xà o peléxo do meu corpo tembra. Sei que á tanta agua que acarrexóu amolentoulle os miolos, é por eso louquéa

     While listening to you, my sir uncle Pumpkin, my body's skin trembles. Perhaps the much water you have carried softened you brain, and therefore you are going insane

2. (intransitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to become soft

   Synonyms: amolecer, amolegar

3. to steep, soak

• mol

• “amolentar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “amolentar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “amolentar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “amolentar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧len‧tar

amolentar (first-person singular present amolento, first-person singular preterite amolentei, past participle amolentado)

1. to soften

   Synonym: amaciar

2. to loosen
3. to weaken