derreter
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese (attested in Medieval Galician as reter, circa 1300), perhaps from Latin reterere.[1] Compare Portuguese derreter and Spanish derretir.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
derreter (first-person singular present derreto, first-person singular preterite derretín, past participle derretido)
derreter (first-person singular present derreto, first-person singular preterite derretim or derreti, past participle derretido, reintegrationist norm)
- to thaw, melt, liquefy
- c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 183:
- desque entra o verão, por que estonçes se começã a rreter et deslyr as neues et as geadas que o poder do frio tem coalladas
- as soon as summer starts, because it's then that there begin to thaw and thin the snows and frosts that the power of the cold maintains curdled
- 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 103:
- Et pois que se dereter todo llança esta decauçon morna por cristel no cuu do Cauallo.
- And when this all is liquefied, pour this lukewarm decoction into the ass of the horse as an enema
- c. 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 131:
- Para esto ual a çebolla assada pisada con miucas da terra et con as llesmez et con manteyga rretuda desuu, todo amasado et coyto et meixudo todo ataa que se tome espeso como jngento
- for this is valid roasted onion crushed with earthworms and with slugs and melted butter, all together, kneaded and cooked and stirred till is thick as an ointment
- to render (lard)
- Synonym: roxar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of derreter
Reintegrated conjugation of derreter (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
References edit
- “reter” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “derreter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “derreter” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “derreter” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “derreter” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “derretir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin deretēre, from Latin dēterō (“to rub off”). Compare Galician derreter and Spanish derretir.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: der‧re‧ter
Verb edit
derreter (first-person singular present derreto, first-person singular preterite derreti, past participle derretido)
- to liquefy, melt, thaw
- Synonyms: fundir, liquefazer, dissolver
- (figurative) to consume
- Synonym: consumir
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of derreter (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Further reading edit
- “derreter” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “derreter” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.