dentar

From dent +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [denˈtaɾ]

dentar (first-person singular present dento, first-person singular preterite dentí, past participle dentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (intransitive) to teethe (grow teeth)
2. (transitive) to determine the age of (an animal) from examining the teeth
3. (transitive) to tooth (furnish with teeth)

• dentadora
• dentadura
• dentatge

• “dentar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From dente +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [denˈtaɾ], [dɛnˈtaɾ]

dentar (first-person singular present dento, first-person singular preterite dentei, past participle dentado)

1. (intransitive) to teethe

   Cando o neno denta, a morte o tenta (proverb) ― When the child teethes, death tries him

2. (transitive) to tooth

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

From dente +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: den‧tar

dentar (first-person singular present dento, first-person singular preterite dentei, past participle dentado)

1. (transitive) to bite (to cut into by clamping the teeth)
2. (transitive) to indent (to cut into points like a row of teeth)

Borrowed from French dentaire, from Latin dentarius.

dentar m or n (feminine singular dentară, masculine plural dentari, feminine and neuter plural dentare)

1. dental

• IPA^(key): /denˈtaɾ/ [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: den‧tar

dentar (first-person singular present diento, first-person singular preterite denté, past participle dentado)

1. to teethe

• “dentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28