franquear

== Galician == === Etymology === Attested since the 13th century. From franco (“free, unobstructed”) +‎ -ear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fraŋkeˈaɾ] === Verb === franquear (first-person singular present franqueo, first-person singular preterite franqueei, past participle franqueado) franquear (first-person singular present franqueio, first-person singular preterite franqueei, past participle franqueado, reintegrationist norm) (transitive) to open (a door); to clear (a passageway) Synonyms: abrir, librar (transitive) to go through Synonym: pasar (transitive) to exempt from charge 1416, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 3: (transitive) to stamp a parcel or a letter ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== franqueado === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “franq”, 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), “franquear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “franquear”, 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), “franquear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fran‧que‧ar === Verb === franquear (first-person singular present franqueio, first-person singular preterite franqueei, past participle franqueado) (transitive) to exempt from charge (intransitive) to clear (to go through as payment) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “franquear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “franquear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From franco +‎ -ear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɾankeˈaɾ/ [fɾãŋ.keˈaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: fran‧que‧ar === Verb === franquear (first-person singular present franqueo, first-person singular preterite franqueé, past participle franqueado) (transitive) to clear, open (a path) (transitive) to pass through ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== despejar === Further reading === “franquear”, 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