abrandar

From a- +‎ brandar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βɾənˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bɾənˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.bɾanˈdaɾ]

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abrandar (first-person singular present abrando, first-person singular preterite abrandí, past participle abrandat)(transitive)

1. to set alight; to set fire to; to stoke
2. (figuratively) to enflame, to impassion

• (set alight): encendre, inflamar

• abrandament

• foc

• “abrandar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “abrandar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “abrandar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “abrandar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From a- +‎ brando +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /abɾanˈdaɾ/ [a.β̞ɾan̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧bran‧dar

abrandar (first-person singular present abrando, first-person singular preterite abrandei, past participle abrandado)

1. to soften

   Synonyms: amolecer, amolentar

• “abrandar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “abrandar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

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abrandar

1. to set alight; to set fire to

• fuòc

From a- +‎ brando (“soft”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧bran‧dar

abrandar (first-person singular present abrando, first-person singular preterite abrandei, past participle abrandado)

1. to soften
2. to slow down
3. to loosen

   Synonym: afrouxar

4. to placate
5. to relent

• abrandamento

• “abrandar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913