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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “acalantar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “acalant”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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