amparar

amparar (first-person singular indicative present amparo, past participle amparáu)

1. to safeguard

• emparar

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese amparar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *anteparō, *anteparāre (“to prevent”), from Latin ante- + parō, parāre.

• IPA^(key): [ampaˈɾaɾ]

amparar (first-person singular present amparo, first-person singular preterite amparei, past participle amparado)

1. to protect, safeguard

   Synonym: protexer

2. to sustain

   Synonyms: soster, termar

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

From Vulgar Latin *anteparāre (“to prevent”), from Latin ante- + parō. Compare Spanish amparar, Catalan emparar, Occitan aparar.

• Hyphenation: am‧pa‧rar

amparar (first-person singular present amparo, first-person singular preterite amparei, past participle amparado)

1. to safeguard

• amparo

From Old Spanish amparar, emparar, from Vulgar Latin *anteparō, *anteparāre (“to prevent”), from Latin ante- + parō, parāre. Compare Portuguese amparar, Catalan emparar, Occitan aparar.

• IPA^(key): /ampaˈɾaɾ/ [ãm.paˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: am‧pa‧rar

amparar (first-person singular present amparo, first-person singular preterite amparé, past participle amparado)

1. (transitive) to safeguard

   Synonym: resguardar

• amparador
• amparo
• desamparar

• parar

• “amparar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014