peneirar

• pineirar

15th century. From peneira (“sieve”) + the verbal suffix -ar.

• IPA^(key): /penejˈɾaɾ/

peneirar (first-person singular present peneiro, first-person singular preterite peneirei, past participle peneirado)

1. (transitive) to sieve

   Synonym: cribar

   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria. Introdución, transcrición e glosario, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 111:

     [...] fage poo de todo et peneirao moi ben

     [take the ingredients] reduce them to powder and sieve it carefully

2. (figurative) to purify
3. (pronominal, figurative) to swagger

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

From peneira +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: pe‧nei‧rar

peneirar (first-person singular present peneiro, first-person singular preterite peneirei, past participle peneirado)

1. to sieve, sift, screen