argentar

== Catalan == === Etymology === From argent +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.ʒənˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.d͡ʒenˈtaɾ] === Verb === argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argentí, past participle argentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/ (transitive) to silver-plate Synonym: platejar (figurative) to silver ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “argentar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ar‧gen‧tar === Verb === argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argentei, past participle argentado) to silver-plate (to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver) Synonym: pratear ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “argentar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “argentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Back-formation from argentado. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aɾxenˈtaɾ/ [aɾ.xẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ar‧gen‧tar === Verb === argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argenté, past participle argentado) to silver-plate Synonym: platear ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “argentar”, 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