mellorar
Galician
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editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese mellorar, from Late Latin meliōrāre, a verb based on Latin melior (“better”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmellorar (first-person singular present melloro, first-person singular preterite mellorei, past participle mellorado)
- to improve; to better
- Antonyms: desmellorar, empeorar
- 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
- Virés acò meu Dieguiño
cando ò tempo milloràr,
porqe si escorrega á Besta
è esbarroufàs, alabay.- You'll come here my little Diego
when the weather improves
because if the mount slips
and you sprawl, here goes nothing!
- You'll come here my little Diego
- to recover
- Synonym: sandar
Conjugation
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editReferences
edit- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mellorar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mellorar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “mellorar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “mellorar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “mellorar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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