minguar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese minguar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin minuāre, from Classical Latin minuere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

minguar (first-person singular present minguo, first-person singular preterite mingüei, past participle minguado)
minguar (first-person singular present minguo, first-person singular preterite minguei, past participle minguado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to wane (lunar phase)
2. to diminish

Conjugation

References

• “minguar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “minguar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “minguar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “minguar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “minguar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “minguar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mingar
• mingoar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese minguar, from Late Latin minuāre, from Classical Latin minuere. Compare Galician minguar, Spanish menguar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: min‧guar

Verb

minguar (first-person singular present (Brazilian Portuguese) mínguo or (European Portuguese) minguo, first-person singular preterite minguei, past participle minguado)

1. to wane (lunar phase)

   Antonym: crescer

2. to diminish

   Synonym: diminuir

Conjugation

Derived terms

• míngua
• minguante
• quarto minguante