recelar

From re- +‎ celar. Compare Spanish recelar and Galician and Portuguese recear.

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

recelar (first-person singular present recelo, first-person singular preterite recelí, past participle recelat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Valencia) /e/

1. (intransitive) to be suspicious or wary

• recel

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

From re + celar. Compare Catalan recelar and Galician and Portuguese recear.

recelar (first-person singular present recelo, first-person singular preterite recelé, past participle recelado)

1. to suspect

   Synonym: sospechar

2. to be wary of

   Synonym: desconfiar

3. (animal husbandry) to use a teaser with a mare (to place a male horse to entice a mare to receive a stud jack (i.e. male donkey))

• “recelar”, 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