aleitar

From Late Latin allactāre, derived from Latin lac (“milk”, noun). By surface analysis, a- +‎ leite +‎ -ar. Cf. Portuguese aleitar.

• IPA^(key): /alejˈtaɾ/ [a.lejˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧lei‧tar

aleitar (first-person singular present aleito, first-person singular preterite aleitei, past participle aleitado)

1. to breastfeed
2. to nurse, give suck

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aleitar”, 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), “aleitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “aleitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aleitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Late Latin allactāre, derived from Latin lac (“milk”, noun). By surface analysis, a- +‎ leite +‎ -ar. Cf. Galician aleitar.

• Hyphenation: a‧lei‧tar

aleitar (first-person singular present aleito, first-person singular preterite aleitei, past participle aleitado)

1. to breastfeed

   Synonyms: amamentar, dar de mamar, lactar

2. to nurse, give suck

• “aleitar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025