estovar

== Catalan == === Etymology === From es- +‎ tova +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əs.tuˈβa] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.toˈva] IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.toˈvaɾ] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === estovar (first-person singular present estovo, first-person singular preterite estoví, past participle estovat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/ (transitive) to soften (make soft) (pronominal) to soften (become soft) (transitive, figurative) to affect, move (make emotional) Synonym: entendrir (pronominal, figurative) to soften up (become less strict) (transitive, colloquial) to beat, thrash ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “estovar”, 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