Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese inçar, either from Vulgar Latin *indiciare (from ovum indicii, as éndez, éndego); or from Latin initiāre[1] and thus a doublet of the borrowed iniciar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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inzar (first-person singular present inzo, first-person singular preterite incei, past participle inzado)

  1. to grow, spread or proliferate a, usually harmful or undesired, species
    Synonyms: infestar, proliferar
    O monte está inzado de eucaliptos.
    The wilderness is full of eucalyptus.
    Aquí os eucaliptos inzan ben.
    The eucalyptus grow well here

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References

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