aninhar

Portuguese

Etymology

a- + ninho + -ar. Compare Galician aniñar, Spanish anidar and Italian annidare.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐniˈɲaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧nhar

Verb

aninhar (first-person singular present indicative aninho, past participle aninhado)

  1. nest (to build or settle into a nest)
  2. to nestle
  3. (reflexive) to crouch, to bend down

Conjugation

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