ensinar

From Old Galician-Portuguese ensinar, from Vulgar Latin insignāre (also found in Medieval Latin), from Latin signō.

• IPA^(key): /ensiˈnaɾ/ [en.s̺iˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: en‧si‧nar

ensinar (first-person singular present ensino, first-person singular preterite ensinei, past participle ensinado)

1. (transitive) to teach (to pass on knowledge to)

   Synonym: aprender

2. (transitive) to show

   Synonym: amosar

• “ensinar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ensinar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ensinar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ensinar”, 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), “ensinar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ensinar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• insinar (obsolete, now eye dialect)

From Old Galician-Portuguese ensinar, from Vulgar Latin īnsignāre (also found in Medieval Latin), from Latin signāre.

• Hyphenation: en‧si‧nar

ensinar (first-person singular present ensino, first-person singular preterite ensinei, past participle ensinado)

1. (transitive) to teach (to pass on knowledge to)

• ensino

• “ensinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025