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From re- +‎ celar. Compare Spanish recelar and Galician and Portuguese recear.

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recelar (first-person singular present recelo, first-person singular preterite recelí, past participle recelat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Valencian) /e/

  1. (intransitive) to be suspicious or wary

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Etymology edit

From re + celar. Compare Catalan recelar and Galician and Portuguese recear.

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recelar (first-person singular present recelo, first-person singular preterite recelé, past participle recelado)

  1. to suspect
    Synonym: sospechar
  2. to be wary of
    Synonym: desconfiar
  3. (animal husbandry) to use a teaser with a mare (to place a male horse to entice a mare to receive a stud jack (i.e. male donkey))

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