adentar

From a- +‎ dente (“tooth”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [aðenˈtaɾ], [aðɛnˈtaɾ]

adentar (first-person singular present adento, first-person singular preterite adentei, past participle adentado)

1. to slightly cut or bite a chestnut before roasting or cooking it
2. to bite

   Synonyms: morder, trabar, triscar

3. to nibble

   Synonyms: amordiscar, amosegar, ataniscar

4. to tooth, to jag

   Synonym: dentar

5. to teethe

   Synonym: dentar

   O que cedo adenta, cedo emparenta (proverb) ― The one who early teethes, early gets siblings

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adentar”, 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), “adentar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “adentar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “adentar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN