Galician

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15th century. From peneira (sieve) + the verbal suffix -ar.

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peneirar (first-person singular present peneiro, first-person singular preterite peneirei, past participle peneirado)

  1. (transitive) to sieve
    Synonym: cribar
    • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria. Introdución, transcrición e glosario, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 111:
      [...] fage poo de todo et peneirao moi ben
      [take the ingredients] reduce them to powder and sieve it carefully
  2. (figurative) to purify
  3. (pronominal, figurative) to swagger

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From peneira +‎ -ar.

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  • Hyphenation: pe‧nei‧rar

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peneirar (first-person singular present peneiro, first-person singular preterite peneirei, past participle peneirado)

  1. to sieve, sift, screen

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