derreter

From Old Galician-Portuguese (attested in Medieval Galician as reter, circa 1300), perhaps from Latin reterere.^[1] Compare Portuguese derreter and Spanish derretir.

• IPA^(key): [de.re.ˈteɾ]

derreter (first-person singular present derreto, first-person singular preterite derretín, past participle derretido)
derreter (first-person singular present derreto, first-person singular preterite derretim or derreti, past participle derretido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to thaw, melt, liquefy
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 183:

     desque entra o verão, por que estonçes se começã a rreter et deslyr as neues et as geadas que o poder do frio tem coalladas

     as soon as summer starts, because it's then that there begin to thaw and thin the snows and frosts that the power of the cold maintains curdled

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 103:

     Et pois que se dereter todo llança esta decauçon morna por cristel no cuu do Cauallo.

     And when this all is liquefied, pour this lukewarm decoction into the ass of the horse as an enema

   • c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:

     Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se tome espeso como jngento

     for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, kneaded and cooked and stirred till is thick as an ointment

2. to render (lard)

   Synonym: roxar

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “reter”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “derreter”, 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), “derreter”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “derreter” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “derreter”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Vulgar Latin deretēre, from Latin dēterō (“to rub off”). Compare Galician derreter and Spanish derretir.

• Hyphenation: der‧re‧ter

derreter (first-person singular present derreto, first-person singular preterite derreti, past participle derretido)

1. to liquefy, melt, thaw

   Synonyms: fundir, liquefazer, dissolver

2. (figurative) to consume

   Synonym: consumir

• “derreter”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “derreter”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025