amasar

From Old Galician-Portuguese amassar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- +‎ masa (“dough”). Cognate with Portuguese amassar and Spanish amasar.

• IPA^(key): [a.ma.ˈsaɾ]

amasar (first-person singular present amaso, first-person singular preterite amasei, past participle amasado)

1. to knead

   Synonym: gramar

2. to mix

   Synonym: mesturar

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 143:

     o que mays forte he de todos estos he o poo do rrosalgar amasado con seiua dome

     the strongest of them all is realgar power mixed with human saliva

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “amassar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “amasa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “amasar”, 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), “amasar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “amasar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “amasar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From a- +‎ masa (“dough”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /amaˈsaɾ/ [a.maˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ma‧sar

amasar (first-person singular present amaso, first-person singular preterite amasé, past participle amasado)

1. to knead

   Synonyms: masar, heñir, sobar

2. (of a cat) to knead
3. to amass (accumulate)

• “amasar”, 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