singrar

• singlar

From Old Galician-Portuguese singrar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French singler (“to sail”), from Old Norse segl (“sail”), from Proto-Germanic *seglą (“sail”).

• IPA^(key): /siŋˈɡɾaɾ/

singrar (first-person singular present singro, first-person singular preterite singrei, past participle singrado)

1. (nautical) to sail; to navigate

   Synonyms: marear, navegar

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 731:

     Et cõ grã coyta que auía, metíose sobre mar, cõ grandes cõpañas, porlo yr buscar, et tãto singlarõ, a rremos et a treu, ata que chegarõ alý hu el iazía soterrado

     Sorrowful, he went into the sea with a large army, for searching for him, and they navigated for a long time, on oars and sails, until they arrived there where he was buried

• singradura

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese singrar, from Old French singler (“to sail”), from Old Norse segl (“sail”), from Proto-Germanic *seglą (“sail”).

singrar (first-person singular present singro, first-person singular preterite singrei, past participle singrado)

1. (now poetic) to sail; to cross the seas
   • 2002, Luiz Carlos de Oliveira Cerqueira, Quando houver nunca mais, Thesaurus, page 129:

     No dia em que você não mais singrar os mares não haverá o soprar das brisas e terrais e, na calmaria, os barcos não enfunarão velas.

     In the day when you no longer sail the seas there won’t be the blow of the breezes and nightly winds and, in the tranquillity, the boats won’t unfurl their sails.

   Synonym: velejar

2. (figurative) to thrive (to be successful)
   • 2002, Will Ferguson, Felicidade, Asa, page 91:

     Admitamos, é preciso uma dose desmesurada de vivacidade para singrar na área da publicidade.

     Let’s admit it, an immeasurable amount of vivacity is necessary to thrive in the field of advertising.

   Synonyms: medrar, prosperar

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