esmerar

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *exmerāre (“to purify”), from Latin ex merēre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [esmeˈɾaɾ] === Verb === esmerar (first-person singular present esmero, first-person singular preterite esmerei, past participle esmerado) (transitive) to clean, purify (pronominal) to work with effort and dedication ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== esmerado esmero === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “esmerar”, 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), “esmer”, 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), “esmerar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “esmerar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esmerar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *exmerāre (“to purify”), from Latin ex merēre. Compare Spanish esmerar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: es‧me‧rar === Verb === esmerar (first-person singular present esmero, first-person singular preterite esmerei, past participle esmerado) to hone (to refine or master a skill) Synonyms: aperfeiçoar, apurar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== esmero === Further reading === “esmerar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “esmerar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “esmerar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exmerāre (“to purify”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esmeˈɾaɾ/ [ez.meˈɾaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: es‧me‧rar === Verb === esmerar (first-person singular present esmero, first-person singular preterite esmeré, past participle esmerado) (transitive) to clean Synonyms: pulir, limpiar, ilustrar (pronominal) to hone, to painstakingly do something ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “esmerar”, 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