Galician

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Etymology 1

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Attested since the 13th century. From en- +‎ testar (to border).

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entestar (first-person singular present entesto, first-person singular preterite entestei, past participle entestado)

  1. to adjoin, border
    Synonyms: estremar, lindar, testar
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Etymology 2

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From en- +‎ testo (dense).

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entestar (first-person singular present entesto, first-person singular preterite entestei, past participle entestado)

  1. to thicken
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References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (20062022) “entestar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “entest”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • entestar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • entestar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
  • entestar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • entestar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • entestar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.