aparellar

From Latin *appariculāre, *appariculō (“I equip”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.pə.ɾəˈʎa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.pa.ɾeˈʎaɾ/

aparellar (first-person singular present aparello, past participle aparellat)

1. to prepare

   Synonyms: preparar, disposar

2. (nautical) to rig

   Synonym: ormejar

• “aparellar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “aparellar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “aparellar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *appariclāre < *appariculāre, present active infinitive of *appariculō, itself probably from Latin apparō. Compare Portuguese aparelhar, Spanish aparejar, French appareiller, Italian apparecchiare.

• IPA^(key): /apareˈʎaɾ/

aparellar (first-person singular present aparello, first-person singular preterite aparellei, past participle aparellado)

1. to prepare, arrange, rig, equip, make ready
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 164:

     Et aparellarõ todos suas naues, et gorneçérõnas moy ben de armas et de quanto mester auj́ã.

     And they all prepared their ships, and they equipped them very well with weapons and everything that they could need

   Synonyms: arranxar, equipar, preparar

2. to harness (a horse)

• aparellado
• aparellador

From parella (“pair”).

• IPA^(key): /apareˈʎaɾ/

aparellar (first-person singular present aparello, first-person singular preterite aparellei, past participle aparellado)

1. to pair

   Synonym: emparellar

• parella

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