esmaltar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From esmalt + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əz.məlˈta]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ez.malˈtaɾ]
=== Verb ===
esmaltar (first-person singular present esmalto, first-person singular preterite esmaltí, past participle esmaltat)
to enamel
to embellish
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
esmaltador
=== Further reading ===
“esmaltar”, 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
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esmaltar (first attested in the 14th century). By surface analysis, esmalte + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /esmalˈtaɾ/ [ez̺.mɑl̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
=== Verb ===
esmaltar (first-person singular present esmalto, first-person singular preterite esmaltei, past participle esmaltado)
to enamel
to glaze
==== Conjugation ====
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “esmaltar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “esmaltar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esmaltar”, 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), “esmaltar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esmaltar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From esmalte + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: es‧mal‧tar
=== Verb ===
esmaltar (first-person singular present esmalto, first-person singular preterite esmaltei, past participle esmaltado)
to enamel
to glaze
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“esmaltar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“esmaltar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From esmalte + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /esmalˈtaɾ/ [ez.mal̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: es‧mal‧tar
=== Verb ===
esmaltar (first-person singular present esmalto, first-person singular preterite esmalté, past participle esmaltado)
(transitive) to enamel
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“esmaltar”, 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