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acender
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Galician
Alternative forms
- cender
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese acender (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin accendere (“to kindle or light a fire”). Cognate with Portuguese acender.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Hyphenation: a‧cen‧der
Verb
acender (first-person singular present acendo, first-person singular preterite acendín, past participle acendido, short past participle aceso)
acender (first-person singular present acendo, first-person singular preterite acendim or acendi, past participle acendido, short past participle aceso, reintegrationist norm)
- (transitive) to light (a fire, a match...)
- 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 200:
- eles espantados leuãtarõse moyto agina et acenderõ candeas, et acharõno jazer sen fala et atal como morto
- they, horrified, got up hastily and lighted torches, and found him lying voiceless, as dead
- (transitive) to turn on
- (intransitive) to light up
Conjugation
Related terms
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “acender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “acender”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “acender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “acender”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “acender”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “acender”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “acender”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
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Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
acender
- (transitive) to light a fire
- 13th century, Pero da Ponte, Quem a sesta quiser dormir (facsimile)
- E vedes que bem se guisou
de fria cozinha teer
o infançom, ca nom mandou
des ogan'i fogo acender;- And you see how much got dressed
for having a cold kitchen
the noble knight, that did not order
this year to light the fire;
- And you see how much got dressed
- 13th century, Pero da Ponte, Quem a sesta quiser dormir (facsimile)
Descendants
Further reading
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
- accender (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese acender, from Latin accendere (“to kindle or light a fire”).
Pronunciation
Verb
acender (first-person singular present acendo, first-person singular preterite acendi, past participle acendido, short past participle aceso)
- (transitive) to light (to set fire to)
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Sinha Victoria”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 57:
- Para bem dizer, não se accendiam candieiros na casa.
- Strictly speaking, no lamps were lit in the house.
- (intransitive) to light up; to catch fire
- Synonym: pegar fogo
- Antonym: apagar
- (transitive) to turn on (to activate a source of light)
- (intransitive, of a source of light) to be turned on
- (figurative, transitive) to give birth to (to create or start something that can’t be stopped)
Conjugation
Further reading
- “acender”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “acender”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aθenˈdeɾ/ [a.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /asenˈdeɾ/ [a.sẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: a‧cen‧der
Verb
acender (first-person singular present aciendo, first-person singular preterite acendí, past participle acendido)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
- “acender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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