engadir

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Galician

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Etymology

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From the older *enhadir (with <nh> /ŋ/),[1] from Old Galician-Portuguese ẽader (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *innaddere, from in- (in) +‎ addēre (to add), from Latin addēre, present active infinitive of addō. Cognate to Spanish añadir and Old Galician-Portuguese emadir.[2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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engadir (first-person singular present engado, first-person singular preterite engadín, past participle engadido)
engadir (first-person singular present engado, first-person singular preterite engadim or engadi, past participle engadido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to add on, to append
    Synonym: amecer
  2. to add
    • 1895, Antonio López Ferreiro, A tecedeira de Bonaval. A Coruña: Andrés Martínez, Editor, page 46:
      pouco ou nada se pode engadir ao que el acaba de espresar con tanta verdá e elocuencia
      little or rather nothing can be added to what he has just expressed so truly and eloquently
    Synonym: agregar

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “añadir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Machado, José Pedro (1956). Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, s.v. ader.