aparellar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pə.ɾəˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.pa.ɾeˈʎaɾ]

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Inherited from Latin *appariculāre (“to equip”).

aparellar (first-person singular present aparello, first-person singular preterite aparellí, past participle aparellat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/(transitive)

1. to prepare

   Synonyms: preparar, disposar

2. (nautical) to rig

   Synonym: ormejar

From a- +‎ parell +‎ -ar.

• emparellar

aparellar (first-person singular present aparello, first-person singular preterite aparellí, past participle aparellat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to pair (up/off)

   Synonyms: apariar, aparionar

2. (pronominal) to pair up

• aparellament

• “aparellar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “aparellar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “aparellar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• aparelhar (Reintegrationist)

• IPA^(key): /apareˈʎaɾ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *appariclāre < *appariculāre, itself probably from Latin apparō. Compare Portuguese aparelhar, Spanish aparejar, French appareiller, Italian apparecchiare.

aparellar (first-person singular present aparello, first-person singular preterite aparellei, past participle aparellado)

1. to prepare, arrange, rig, equip, make ready

   Synonyms: arranxar, equipar, preparar

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 164:

     Et aparellarõ todos suas naues, et gorneçérõnas moy ben de armas et de quanto mester auj́ã.

     And they all prepared their ships, and they equipped them very well with weapons and everything that they could need

2. to harness (a horse)

• aparellado
• aparellador

From parella (“pair”).

aparellar (first-person singular present aparello, first-person singular preterite aparellei, past participle aparellado)

1. to pair

   Synonym: emparellar

• parella

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