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acaroar

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Galician

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Etymology

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14th century. From an earlier *acaronar, from a carón (side by side) + -ar, a verbal suffix.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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acaroar (first-person singular present acaroo, first-person singular preterite acaroei, past participle acaroado)

  1. (transitive) to place next to
    Synonyms: achegar, agarimar, arrimar
  2. (transitive) to shave
    Synonyms: arrentar, cercear, rentear
  3. (transitive) to delimite, to demarcate
    • 1357, Enrique Cal Pardo (ed.), "De Viveiro en la Edad Media", Estudios Mindonienses, 7, page 139:
      afforo [...] a meatade de toda essa minna binna, con o herdamento que ias a par dela [...] con a meatade do lagar et garrote que y esta assy commo esta acaroada de muro
      I rent you [...] half of my vineyard, with the possessions that are adjacent to it [...] with half of the winepress that is there, as it is delimited by a wall
  4. (transitive) to plough next to the limits of a property
  5. (pronominal) to come close to

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