menguar

Inherited from Late Latin minuāre, from Classical Latin minuere.

menguar (first-person singular indicative present menguo, past participle menguáu)

1. to shrink, drop, wane

• mengua

• amenorgar
• reducir

• “menguar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “menguar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Inherited from Late Latin minuāre, from Classical Latin minuere.

• IPA^(key): /menˈɡwaɾ/ [mẽŋˈɡwaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: men‧guar

menguar (first-person singular present menguo, first-person singular preterite mengüé, past participle menguado)

1. (intransitive) to wane
2. (intransitive) to decrease, diminish

   Synonym: disminuir

• Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985), “menguar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 38
• “menguar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024