asomar

• assomar (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese assomar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *assumare, from Latin summus.

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asomar (first-person singular present asomo, first-person singular preterite asomei, past participle asomado)

1. to show, loom, appear

   Synonym: aparecer

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

From archaic or Old Spanish somo (“top”), from Latin summus (“highest”), via “to show the top of the head”.

• IPA^(key): /asoˈmaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧so‧mar

asomar (first-person singular present asomo, first-person singular preterite asomé, past participle asomado)

1. to show
2. to peep up; to peep out

   Se puede ver el sol asomando entre las nubes.

   You can see the sun peeking through the clouds.

3. to come up; to come out
   • 2015 October 9, “Cinco destinos europeos de vanguardia a los que se puede ir en coche”, in El País‎:

     Si le queda tiempo, asómese al futuro echando un vistazo a las obras de Zorrozaurre, uno de los proyectos de regeneración de una zona industrial más ambiciosos de la ciudad.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. (reflexive) to go out; to appear

   Entre broma y broma, la verdad se asoma.

   There is truth in humor.

5. (reflexive) to lean

   Se prohíbe asomarse al exterior.

   It's forbidden to lean out of windows.

• “asomar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28