mesturar

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mesturar, from a Late Latin mixturo, mixturare, from Latin mixtūra, participle of misceō (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *meiǵ-, *meiḱ- (“to mix”). Cognate with Portuguese misturar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mestuˈɾaɾ/

Verb

mesturar (first-person singular present mesturo, first-person singular preterite mesturei, past participle mesturado)

1. (transitive) to mix, to stir
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 117:

     Para esto val a ferruien mesturada con sal et con azeyte.

     For this is useful the iron rust mixed with salt and olive oil

   Synonyms: anazar, remexer

2. (transitive) to admix, mix
   • 1439, Antonio García y Garcia (ed.), Synodicon hispanum I. Galicia. Madrid: Editorial Católica, page 330:

     dos que mesturan agoa ao vinno que bendem despois que o demostran puro para vender [...] dos que mesturan con a prata ou con ouro outro metal e a vendem por fina

     about the people that admixes water to the wine that they sell, announcing it as pure [...] about the people that admixes with silver or gold another metal, and then they sell it as fine

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to mingle; to socialise

References

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

Verb

mesturar

1. (archaic) to mix