encetar

Etymology

From Latin inceptō, inceptāre (“to begin”)

Verb

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, past participle encetat)

1. to begin to consume

Alternative forms

• encertar

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese encetar, from Latin inceptō, inceptāre (“to begin”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enθeˈtaɾ/, (western) /enseˈtaɾ/

Verb

encetar (first-person singular present enceto, first-person singular preterite encetei, past participle encetado)

1. to start the consumption of a loaf of bread, a cheese, etc
   • 1459, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios (Séculos XIV-XV), doc. D40a:

     Iten sete touçinos et hun ençetado. Hun unto enteyro et outro ençetado.

     Item, seven pieces of bacon, plus one that is partly consumed. A whole piece of lard and another that is partly consumed.

   Synonym: comezar

2. to cut, to injure

References

• “encetar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “encet” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “encetar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “encetar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “encetar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin inceptō, inceptāre (“to begin”)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɪ̃ɲ̞seˈtaɾ/, /ɪ̃ɲ̞seˈtaχ/.

Verb

encetar (first-person singular present indicative enceto, past participle encetado)

1. to start, commence, initiate