Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ gasallar, from Western Hispanic Medieval Latin gasalia (companion, housemate), from Vandalic *gasalja (companion, comrade), from Proto-Germanic *gasaljô, from *ga- (with) + *saliz (house, hall). Compare Portuguese agasalhar and Spanish agasajar.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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agasallar (first-person singular present agasallo, first-person singular preterite agasallei, past participle agasallado)

  1. to welcome with hospitality
  2. to give a present

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “agasajar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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