prometer

From Latin prōmittere (“to promise; to send forth”).

prometer

1. to promise

• promesa

• prometter (pre-standardization spelling)

From Old Galician-Portuguese prometer, from Latin prōmittere (“to promise; to send forth”).

• Hyphenation: pro‧me‧ter

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prometer (first-person singular present prometo, first-person singular preterite prometi, past participle prometido)

1. to promise (to commit to something or action; to make an oath)

   Synonyms: afirmar, assegurar, asseverar, comprometer-se, garantir, juramentar, jurar

2. to indicate that something is likely

   Synonym: indicar

   O céu nublado promete chuva.

   The cloudy sky promises rain

3. (intransitive) to be promising (likely to develop in a desirable fashion)
   • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter VI, in Cahetés‎^[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 35:

     Queria. Na segunda-feira do carnaval, defronte do cinema, fôra muito amavel commigo. Olhadelas, sorrisos, um proverbio embaraçado, em francez... Aquillo promettia.

     She wanted [me]. On the Monday of Carnaval, in front of the movie theater, she had been loving with me. Looks, smiles, a confusing proverb, in French... that was promising.

Inherited from Old Spanish prometer, from Latin prōmittere (“to promise; to send forth”).

• IPA^(key): /pɾomeˈteɾ/ [pɾo.meˈt̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧me‧ter

prometer (first-person singular present prometo, first-person singular preterite prometí, past participle prometido)

1. to promise

   Synonym: promesar (Argentina)

• “prometer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024