argentar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argentí, past participle argentat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to silver-plate
- Synonym: platejar
- (figurative) to silver
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of argentar (first conjugation)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “argentar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ar‧gen‧tar
Verb edit
argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argentei, past participle argentado)
- to silver-plate (to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver)
- Synonym: pratear
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of argentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from argentado.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argenté, past participle argentado)
- to silver-plate
- Synonym: platear
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of argentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of argentar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading edit
- “argentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014