peneirar

Galician

Alternative forms

• pineirar

Etymology

15th century. From peneira (“sieve”) + the verbal suffix -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /penejˈɾaɾ/

Verb

peneirar (first-person singular present peneiro, first-person singular preterite peneirei, past participle peneirado)

1. (transitive) to sieve

   Synonym: cribar

   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria. Introdución, transcrición e glosario, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 111:

     [...] fage poo de todo et peneirao moi ben

     reduce them to powder and sieve it carefully

2. (figurative) to purify
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, figurative) to swagger

Conjugation

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From peneira +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pe‧nei‧rar

Verb

peneirar (first-person singular present peneiro, first-person singular preterite peneirei, past participle peneirado)

1. to sieve, sift, screen

Conjugation