mezclar

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mezclar

1. (transitive) to mix

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “mezclar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

mezclar

1. to mix

• mesclar (archaic)

From Old Spanish mesclar, from Vulgar Latin *misc(u)lāre, present active infinitive of *misc(u)lō, from Latin misceō. Compare Portuguese mesclar, miscrar, Catalan mesclar, Middle French mescler (French mêler), Italian mischiare, mescolare. The evolution of the Spanish and Portuguese descendants concerning the Latin consonant cluster -sc'l- (after the -u- disappears) is not the normal one (compare macho from masclus < masculus, for example). However, this may be explained several ways: the syncopation of the Vulgar Latin *misculāre into *misclāre may have happened relatively late, possibly even well into the development of early Ibero-Romance; Italian has surviving descendants of both forms: mescolare and mischiare, respectively. Alternatively, these words may be among the few that have simply retained a more distinguished pronunciation, preserving the consonant cluster (as with claro, clavo, etc.). The theory that they were taken from early Catalan is very unlikely, however[1].

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /meθˈklaɾ/ [meθˈklaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /mesˈklaɾ/ [mesˈklaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mez‧clar

mezclar (first-person singular present mezclo, first-person singular preterite mezclé, past participle mezclado)

1. to mix
2. (reflexive) to blend in

• intermezclar
• mezclable

• entreverar

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