Noun: xantar
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | xantar |
| Plural m | xantares |
Sample Sentences
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O que ben almorza escusa o xantar (He who eats a good breakfast does not need dinner.)
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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) [1671, Gabriel Feijoo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:]
Nouns inflected like xantar
solpor,
ordenador,
xograr,
xantar,
xaguar,
chamador,
branquexador,
petador,
batedor,
detonador,
cobertor,
multiplicador,
comparador,
proxector,
gerador,
reiseñor,
humidificador,
chuchamel,
glaciar,
traballador, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese jantar, from Latin ientāre. Cognate with Portuguese jantar, Asturian xintar and Spanish yantar. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
jantar', Latin Nouns '
ientō', Portuguese Nouns '
jantar', Asturian Nouns '
xintar', Spanish Nouns '
yantar'.
Translations
lunch, to eat lunch