adormentar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese adormentar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). From a- + dormir (to sleep) + -entar. Compare Italian addormentare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aðoɾmenˈtaɾ/, /aðoɾmɛnˈtaɾ/

Verb

adormentar (first-person singular present adormento, first-person singular preterite adormentei, past participle adormentado)

  1. to send or put to sleep
    • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 7:
      Estonçes meteo sono en Adam et adormentóó ẽno Pareyso; et el dormỹdo tomou Deus hũa das costas de Adam
      And then He caused Adam to be sleepy and put him to sleep in Paradise; and as he was sleeping God took one of Adam's ribs
    Synonym: adurmiñar
  2. (figuratively) to anesthetize; to soothe
    Synonyms: anestesiar, calmar

Conjugation

References

  • adormentar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • dorment” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • adormentar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • adormentar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • adormentar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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