esmerar
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *exmerāre (“to purify”), from Latin ex merēre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
esmerar (first-person singular present esmero, first-person singular preterite esmerei, past participle esmerado)
- (transitive) to clean, purify
- c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 271:
- cõmo faz a lyma ao ferro, et a fornaz ao ouro que o purga et esmera et o faz puro et paresçe mellor, et cõmo faz outrosi o máále áá messe que a degrana em çeueyra et parte a palla do graão que e o mellor
- as the file does to iron, and the furnace to gold, that purges and cleans it and makes it pure and looks better; and also as the flail does to the harvest, that threshes it into sustenance and parts the straw and the grain, which is the best part
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to work with effort and dedication
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of esmerar
Reintegrated conjugation of esmerar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “esmerar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “esmer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “esmerar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “esmerar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “esmerar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *exmerāre (“to purify”), from Latin ex merēre. Compare Spanish esmerar.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: es‧me‧rar
Verb edit
esmerar (first-person singular present esmero, first-person singular preterite esmerei, past participle esmerado)
- to hone (to refine or master a skill)
- Synonyms: aperfeiçoar, apurar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of esmerar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “esmerar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “esmerar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exmerāre (“to purify”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
esmerar (first-person singular present esmero, first-person singular preterite esmeré, past participle esmerado)
- (transitive) to clean
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to hone, to painstakingly do something
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of esmerar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of esmerar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “esmerar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014