medrar

Asturian

Etymology

Compare Spanish medrar.

Verb

medrar

  1. to grow, thrive

Conjugation


Galician

Etymology

1519. Probably borrowed from Spanish medrar.[1] Doublet of mellorar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈðɾaɾ/

Verb

medrar (first-person singular present medro, first-person singular preterite medrei, past participle medrado)

  1. to grow
    • 1519, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 218:
      Una arqua medrada que lebará fasta oyto ou nobe fanegas de çenteo.
      A grown up ark that can contain some eight or nine fanegas (totaling ~500 l)
  2. to thrive, prosper

Conjugation

References

  • medr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • medrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • medrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • medrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. medrar.

Spanish

Etymology

From *mejdrar, from mejorar.

Verb

medrar (first-person singular present medro, first-person singular preterite medré, past participle medrado)

  1. to thrive or grow
  2. to prosper, flourish

Conjugation

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