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quentar.

to heat

7 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

verb[kɛnˈtaɾ]
  1. to heat

    reflexive · transitive
  2. to beat up

    figuratively · transitive
  3. to anger; to get angry

    figuratively · reflexive · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese caentar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from quente + -ar, or less likely from a Vulgar Latin *calentāre. Compare Portuguese aquentar, Spanish calentar.

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