quinar
Caló edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Romani kinel, from Sanskrit क्रीणाति (krīṇāti), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *krináHti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷrinéh₂ti, from *kʷreyh₂-.
Verb edit
quinar
- to buy
References edit
- Paspati, Alexandre G. (1870) “kináva”, in Études sur les Tchinghianés; ou, Bohémiens de l'Empire ottoman (in French), Constantinople: Impr. A. Koroméla, page 286
- “quinar” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio, retrieved September 1, 2021.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: qui‧nar
Etymology 1 edit
From quina (“quina, a lottery game”) + -ar.[1][2]
Verb edit
quinar (first-person singular present quino, first-person singular preterite quinei, past participle quinado)
- (intransitive) to get a five-number sequence right in a lottery game
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Etymology 2 edit
From quina (“cinchona”) + -ar.[1][2]
Verb edit
quinar (first-person singular present quino, first-person singular preterite quinei, past participle quinado)
- (oenology, transitive) to prepare (something) with cinchona
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Etymology 3 edit
From quina (“corner”) + -ar.[1][2]
Verb edit
quinar (first-person singular present quino, first-person singular preterite quinei, past participle quinado)
- (metallurgy, transitive) to bend in the shape of a corner
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Etymology 4 edit
Borrowed from Spanish quiñar (“to kill”).[1][2]
Verb edit
quinar (first-person singular present quino, first-person singular preterite quinei, past participle quinado)
- (colloquial, intransitive) to die
- (colloquial, intransitive) to become wasted (very drunk or stoned)
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.