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xantar

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Asturian

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Verb

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xantar (first-person singular indicative present xanto, past participle xantáu)

  1. (Western Asturian) Alternative form of xintar

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Galician

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Silvio Fernandez's O Xantar ("the lunch"), 1890
Casa de Xantar (~ "house of eating" / "restaurant")

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Etymology

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese jantar, from Latin ientāre. Cognate with Portuguese jantar, Asturian xintar and Spanish yantar.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ʃanˈtaɾ/ [ʃan̪ˈt̪aɾ]
    • Rhymes: -aɾ

    Noun

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    xantar m (plural xantares)

    1. dinner (midday main meal)
      O que ben almorza escusa o xantar (proverb)He who eats a good breakfast does not need dinner.
    2. lunch
      • 1671, Gabriel Feijoo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:
        bou correndo pola posta, s'acho jantar que comer, qu'ainda a tarde ei de esparjer unha gran pilla de bosta
        I'm running for the loaf, if I find lunch to eat, because yet this afternoon I ought to spread a large pile of dung
    3. (historical) a food contribution or tax paid to a visiting lord or lord's representative

    Verb

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    xantar (first-person singular present xanto, first-person singular preterite xantei, past participle xantado)

    1. to dinner (afternoon main meal)
      • 1842, Juan Manuel Pintos, Meu querido pai:
        Polas tres da tarde
        Xantei à desexo
        C’o à miña muller,
        Aurora, è a nena
        Que a tiña a nai
        Garimada ao peito
        Around three in the afternoon
        I dinnered to my liking
        with my wife,
        Aurora, and the girl
        that the mother had
        close to her bosom
    2. to lunch
    3. to eat
      Synonym: comer

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