acender

• cender

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese acender (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin accendere, present active infinitive of accendō (“I kindle or light a fire”). Cognate with Portuguese acender.

• IPA^(key): /aθenˈdeɾ/, (western) /asenˈdeɾ/

acender (first-person singular present acendo, first-person singular preterite acendín, past participle acendido)

1. (transitive) to light (a fire, a match...)
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 200:

     eles espantados leuãtarõse moyto agina et acenderõ candeas, et acharõno jazer sen fala et atal como morto

     they, horrified, got up hastily and lighted torches, and found him lying voiceless, as dead

2. (transitive) to turn on
3. (intransitive) to light up

• aceso

• “acender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “acender” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “acender” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “acender” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “acender” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Inherited from Latin accendere (“kindle or light a fire”).

• IPA^(key): /a.t͡sẽ.ˈdeɾ/

acender

1. to light a fire

• aceso

• Galician: acender
• Portuguese: acender

Inherited from Old Portuguese acender, from Latin accendere (“to kindle or light a fire”).

• Homophone: ascender (chiefly Brazil)
• Hyphenation: a‧cen‧der

acender (first-person singular present acendo, first-person singular preterite acendi, past participle acendido, short past participle aceso)

1. (transitive) to light (to set fire to)

   Synonyms: incendiar, atear/tacar/botar/pôr fogo em

   Antonym: apagar

2. (intransitive) to light up; to catch fire

   Synonym: pegar fogo

   Antonym: apagar

3. (transitive) to turn on (to activate a source of light)

   Synonym: ligar

   Antonyms: desligar, apagar

4. (intransitive, of a source of light) to be turned on

   Synonym: ligar

   Antonyms: desligar, apagar

5. (figurative, transitive) to give birth to (to create or start something that can’t be stopped)