testar

Galician

Etymology 1

From testa (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tesˈtaɾ/, /tɛsˈtaɾ/

Verb

testar (first-person singular present testo, first-person singular preterite testei, past participle testado)

1. to adjoin; to border

   Synonyms: entestar, estremar, lindar

   • 1314, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Monasterio de San Salvador de Pedroso en tierras de Trasancos. Colección documental, A Coruña: Deputación Provincial, page 253:

     o agro que chaman da Penna, que iaz en Canido, commo departe das leyras que foron de Pedro Vidal et do caminno da corredoira et testa na herdade de María de Pantín

     the field they call of the rock, that lies in Canido, as is goes from the patches that belonged to Pedro Vidal, and from the path of the lane and borders with the property of María de Pantín

Conjugation

Related terms

• testa

Etymology 2

From Latin testāri (“to testify”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tesˈtaɾ/

Verb

testar (first-person singular present testo, first-person singular preterite testei, past participle testado)

1. (transitive) to leave in will
2. (intransitive) to make a will

Conjugation

Related terms

• testa

References

• “testar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “testa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “testar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “testar <testa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “testar <testari” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “testar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “testar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

testar m

1. indefinite plural of test

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *testāre, from Latin testārī.

Verb

testar (first-person singular present testo, first-person singular preterite testei, past participle testado)

1. to testify

Conjugation

Related terms

• atestar
• contestar
• detestar
• protestar

Etymology 2

From teste (test) +‎ -ar.

Verb

testar (first-person singular present testo, first-person singular preterite testei, past participle testado)

1. to test

Conjugation

Etymology 3

From testo (lid) +‎ -ar.

Verb

testar (first-person singular present testo, first-person singular preterite testei, past participle testado)

1. to fill

Conjugation

Related terms

• atestar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin testārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tesˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tes‧tar

Verb

testar (first-person singular present testo, first-person singular preterite testé, past participle testado)

1. (intransitive) to compose a will
2. (transitive) to redact (to censor)
3. (dated, transitive) to testify

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

• “testar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

testar

1. indefinite plural of test (“tuft of hair”)

Verb

testar

1. present indicative of testa

Anagrams

• ersatt, retats, stater