acalentar

From Old Galician-Portuguese acalantar, from a- +‎ calar (“to shut up”) +‎ -entar.[1] Compare adormentar.

• IPA^(key): [akalenˈtaɾ], [akalɛnˈtaɾ]

acalentar (first-person singular present acalento, first-person singular preterite acalentei, past participle acalentado)

1. (transitive) to hush
2. (transitive) to lull; to comfort

   Synonyms: acariñar, arrolar

3. (transitive) to caress, fondle

   Synonyms: acariñar, aloumiñar

• “acalantar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “acalant” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “acalentar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “acalentar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “acalentar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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acalentar (first-person singular present acalento, first-person singular preterite acalentei, past participle acalentado)

1. (transitive) to cherish
2. (transitive) to lull, comfort

   Synonyms: adormecer, acalmar

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to calm down