xantar
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Silvio Fernandez's O Xantar ("the lunch"), 1890 
Casa de Xantar (~ "house of eating" / "restaurant")
Asturian
Verb
xantar (first-person singular indicative present xanto, past participle xantáu)
- (Western Asturian) Alternative form of xintar
Conjugation
Conjugation of xantar
| infinitive | xantar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | xantando | ||||||
| past participle | m xantáu, f xantada, n xantao, m pl xantaos, f pl xantaes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | xanto | xantes | xanta | xantamos | xantáis | xanten |
| imperfect | xantaba | xantabes | xantaba | xantábemos, xantábamos | xantabeis, xantabais | xantaben | |
| preterite | xanté | xantasti, xantesti | xantó | xantemos | xantastis, xantestis | xantaron | |
| pluperfect | xantare, xantara | xantares, xantaras | xantare, xantara | xantáremos, xantáramos | xantareis, xantarais | xantaren, xantaran | |
| future | xantaré | xantarás | xantará | xantaremos | xantaréis | xantarán | |
| conditional | xantaría | xantaríes | xantaría | xantaríemos, xantaríamos | xantaríeis, xantaríais | xantaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | xante | xantes, xantas | xante | xantemos | xantéis | xanten, xantan |
| imperfect | xantare, xantara | xantares, xantaras | xantare, xantara | xantáremos, xantáramos | xantareis, xantarais | xantaren, xantaran | |
| imperative | — | xanta | — | — | xantái | — | |
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese jantar, from Latin ientāre. Cognate with Portuguese jantar, Asturian xintar and Spanish yantar.
Pronunciation
Noun
xantar m (plural xantares)
- dinner (midday main meal)
- O que ben almorza escusa o xantar (proverb) ― He who eats a good breakfast does not need dinner.
- lunch
- 1671, Gabriel Feijoo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:
- bou correndo pola posta, s'acho jantar que comer, qu'ainda a tarde ei de esparjer unha gran pilla de bosta
- I'm running for the loaf, if I find lunch to eat, because yet this afternoon I ought to spread a large pile of dung
- (historical) a food contribution or tax paid to a visiting lord or lord's representative
Verb
xantar (first-person singular present xanto, first-person singular preterite xantei, past participle xantado)
- to dinner (afternoon main meal)
- 1842, Juan Manuel Pintos, Meu querido pai:
- Polas tres da tarde
Xantei à desexo
C’o à miña muller,
Aurora, è a nena
Que a tiña a nai
Garimada ao peito- Around three in the afternoon
I dinnered to my liking
with my wife,
Aurora, and the girl
that the mother had
close to her bosom
- Around three in the afternoon
- to lunch
- to eat
- Synonym: comer
Conjugation
Conjugation of xantar
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xantar”, 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), “xantar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xantar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN