sosegar

• asosegar

Attested since the 13th century (assessegar). From Vulgar Latin *sessicare (compare local Medieval Latin sessica (“site, sit”)), from sessus, past participle of sedeō. Compare Portuguese sossegar, Spanish sosegar.

• IPA^(key): [soseˈɣaɾ]

sosegar (first-person singular present sosego, first-person singular preterite soseguei, past participle sosegado)

1. (archaic) to secure, sit; to settle
   • 1433, Á. Rodriguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, d. 1:

     Condiçon asosegada ontre as ditas partes

     Condition that was settled among said parts:

   Synonyms: asegurar, asentar

2. to calm

   Synonym: acougar

3. to calm down

   Synonym: acougar

• Note: soseg- are changed to sosegu- before front vowels (e).

• resesar
• reseso
• resésego
• sosego

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

From Old Spanish sessegar, from Vulgar Latin *sessicāre, from Latin sessus, perfect passive participle of sedeō.

• IPA^(key): /soseˈɡaɾ/ [so.seˈɣ̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧se‧gar

sosegar (first-person singular present sosiego, first-person singular preterite sosegué, past participle sosegado)

1. to calm

   Synonyms: calmar, tranquilizar

2. to calm down

• sosiego

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