amoestar

From Ecclesiastical Latin *admonestāre, probably from Latin ad- + a cross of molestō (from molestus) and moneō (see admoneō). Compare Portuguese admoestar, Spanish amonestar, French admonester, Catalan amonestar.

• IPA^(key): /amoɛsˈtaɾ/ [a.mo.ɛs̺ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

amoestar (first-person singular present amoesto, first-person singular preterite amoestei, past participle amoestado)

1. to admonish
   • 1285, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1114:

     et se algua negleença y ouver, devemos a seer amoestados ata duas vegadas que o corregamos

     and if there happen to be any negligence, then we must be admonished till two times for us to correct it

• amoestación

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “amoestar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “amoest”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “amoestar”, 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), “amoestar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “amoestar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025