amansar
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese amansar, amanssar. By surface analysis, a- + manso + -ar.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧man‧sar
Verb edit
amansar (first-person singular present amanso, first-person singular preterite amansei, past participle amansado)
- (transitive) to tame
- Ele amansou o cavalo selvagem. ― He tamed the wild horse.
- (transitive) to calm, still, hush
- Amansar os ventos. ― To hush the winds.
- (transitive) to soften, temper
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of amansar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “amansar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “amansar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “amansar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “amansar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “amansar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “amansar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
amansar (first-person singular present amanso, first-person singular preterite amansé, past participle amansado)
- (transitive) to tame
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of amansar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of amansar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “amansar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014