argentar

From argent +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argentí, past participle argentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to silver-plate

   Synonym: platejar

2. (figurative) to silver

• “argentar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• Hyphenation: ar‧gen‧tar

argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argentei, past participle argentado)

1. to silver-plate (to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver)

   Synonym: pratear

Back-formation from argentado.

• IPA^(key): /aɾxenˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ar‧gen‧tar

argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argenté, past participle argentado)

1. to silver-plate

   Synonym: platear

• “argentar”, 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