aferir

Perhaps from Latin affero.

aferir (first-person singular present afiro, third-person singular present afire, first-person singular preterite aferín, past participle aferido)
aferir (first-person singular present afiro, third-person singular present afere, first-person singular preterite aferim or aferi, past participle aferido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to contrast the value of weights and measures
2. to stop or start the mill by means of the aferidoiro

• “aferir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “aferir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “aferir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

aferir

1. to relate to; to pertain to

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem afier distinct from the unstressed stem afer, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• French: afférir (obsolete)

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (aferir)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin *afferere, from Latin afferre.

aferir (first-person singular present afiro, third-person singular present afere, first-person singular preterite aferi, past participle aferido) (transitive)

1. to calibrate, to benchmark, to check the accuracy of
2. to verify (weights, measurements)
3. to mark, to indicate (the weight of something)
4. (figurative) to evaluate, to estimate
5. (psychology) to standardize (a test)

• “aferir” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “aferir” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.