Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese amassar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- +‎ masa (dough). Cognate with Portuguese amassar and Spanish amasar.

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amasar (first-person singular present amaso, first-person singular preterite amasei, past participle amasado)

  1. to knead
    Synonym: gramar
  2. to mix
    Synonym: mesturar
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 143:
      o que mays forte he de todos estos he o poo do rrosalgar amasado con seiua dome
      the strongest of them all is realgar power mixed with human saliva

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References edit

  • amassar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • amasa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • amasar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • amasar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • amasar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • amasar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From a- +‎ masa (dough) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /amaˈsaɾ/ [a.maˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧sar

Verb edit

amasar (first-person singular present amaso, first-person singular preterite amasé, past participle amasado)

  1. to knead
    Synonyms: masar, heñir, sobar
  2. (of a cat) to knead
  3. to amass (accumulate)

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