gañar

See also: ganar

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese guaannar, gaannar, gãar, a blend from local Medieval Latin ganare (to acquire) from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*ganan, to covet); and Vulgar Latin *wadaniō, *wadaniāre, from Proto-West Germanic *waiþanōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈɲaɾ/

Verb

gañar (first-person singular present gaño, first-person singular preterite gañei, past participle gañado)

  1. to win (to achieve victory in a game, a war, etc)
  2. to earn (to receive payment for work)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • gañador

References

  • guaannar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • "guaañar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • gañar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • gañar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • ganar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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