adentar

Galician

Etymology

From a- + dente (tooth) + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aðenˈtaɾ], [aðɛnˈtaɾ]

Verb

adentar (first-person singular present adento, first-person singular preterite adentei, past participle adentado)

  1. to slightly cut or bite a chestnut before roasting or cooking it
  2. to bite
    Synonyms: morder, trabar, triscar
  3. to nibble
    Synonyms: amordiscar, amosegar, ataniscar
  4. to tooth, to jag
    Synonym: dentar
  5. to teethe
    Synonym: dentar
    O que cedo adenta, cedo emparenta (proverb)The one who early teethes, early gets siblings

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