acalentar

From Old Galician-Portuguese acalantar, from a- +‎ calar (“to shut up”) +‎ -entar.^[1] Compare adormentar.

• IPA^(key): [akalenˈtaɾ], [akalɛnˈtaɾ]

acalentar (first-person singular present acalento, first-person singular preterite acalentei, past participle acalentado)

1. (transitive) to hush
2. (transitive) to lull; to comfort

   Synonyms: acariñar, arrolar

3. (transitive) to caress, fondle

   Synonyms: acariñar, aloumiñar

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “acalantar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “acalant”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “acalentar”, 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), “acalentar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “acalentar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• acalantar

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• Hyphenation: a‧ca‧len‧tar

acalentar (first-person singular present acalento, first-person singular preterite acalentei, past participle acalentado)

1. (transitive) to cherish
2. (transitive) to lull, comfort

   Synonyms: adormecer, acalmar

3. (pronominal) to calm down

• acalmador