cismar

• cirmar, xirmar

From cisma (“obsessive idea”).

• IPA^(key): /θisˈmaɾ/, (western) /sisˈmaɾ/

cismar (first-person singular present cismo, first-person singular preterite cismei, past participle cismado)

1. (intransitive) to worry; to think obsessively about something

   Synonyms: porfiar, teimar

2. (intransitive) to be apprehensive

• cisma

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cismar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cismar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cismar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cismar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cismar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From cisma +‎ -ar.

cismar (first-person singular present cismo, first-person singular preterite cismei, past participle cismado)

1. (intransitive) to brood (think much about)

   Synonyms: ruminar, temer

   • 1919, Florbela Espanca, “Impossível”, in Livro das Mágoas:

     Disseram-me hoje, assim, ao ver-me triste: / “Parece Sexta-Feira de Paixão. / Sempre a cismar, cismar d’olhos no chão, / Sempre a pensar na dor que não existe...

     They told me today, on seeing me so sad: / “Like on a Good Friday. / Always brooding, brooding with your eyes on the ground, / Always thinking of a pain that does not exist...

2. (intransitive) to be apprehensive

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cismar.

• cismar na morte da bezerra

cismar m (plural cismari)

1. Obsolete form of cizmar.

• cismar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN