entreter

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Galician

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Etymology

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Compare Portuguese entreter, Spanish entretener.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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entreter (first-person singular present entreteño, first-person singular preterite entretiven, past participle entretido)
entreter (first-person singular present entretenho, first-person singular preterite entretivem or entretive, past participle entretido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to entertain, amuse

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Further reading

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Calque of Spanish entretener;[1] compare also French entretenir. By surface analysis, entre- +‎ ter.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: en‧tre‧ter

Verb

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entreter (first-person singular present entretenho, first-person singular preterite entretive, past participle entretido)

  1. (transitive) to amuse; to entertain
    Synonym: divertir

Conjugation

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Nonstandard conjugation:

Descendants

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  • Macanese: entretê

References

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  1. ^ entreter”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

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