dourar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dourar, from Late Latin deaurāre (“to gild”), from Latin aurō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doʊ̯ˈɾaɾ]

Verb

dourar (first-person singular present douro, first-person singular preterite dourei, past participle dourado)

1. to gild
2. (cooking) to brown

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “dourar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dour”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dourar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dourar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Alternative forms

• doirar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dourar, from Late Latin dēaurāre (“to gild”), from Latin aurāre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dou‧rar

Verb

dourar (first-person singular present douro, first-person singular preterite dourei, past participle dourado)

1. to gild, gold-plate

Further reading

• “dourar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025