gorentar

Galician

Alternative forms

• agorentar

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since the 18th century. Perhaps from gorar (“to addle; to covet”), from Proto-Celtic *gʷorīti (“warm up, heat”), once meaning, probably, 'to warm / cook the food'; or from gorir (“to shelter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoɾenˈtaɾ/, /ɡoɾɛnˈtaɾ/

Verb

gorentar (first-person singular present gorento, first-person singular preterite gorentei, past participle gorentado)

1. (intransitive) to have a delicious taste; to be delectable; to relish, to give pleasure
   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Tamen bay ese tabeque
     meu velliño, pois fungàs
     que cada grao de èl gorenta,
     con eso as fremas sairàn.

     Also there it goes this tobacco,
     my little old man, since you snivel:
     each grain of it is delectable,
     with this phlegms will go out.

   • 1807, anonymous author, “Primeiro diálogo dos esterqueiros”, in Ramón Mariño Paz, editor, Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846:

     ¡pro o viño eravos testo! tiñavos tan bo olido que resucitaba os mortos, e un sabor que gorentaba

     But the wine was great, pals! It had such a good scent that it raised the dead, and a relishing taste

2. (transitive) to relish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gorentar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	gorentar
Personal	gorentar	gorentares	gorentar	gorentarmos	gorentardes	gorentaren
Gerund
	gorentando
Past participle
Masculine	gorentado			gorentados
Feminine	gorentada			gorentadas
Indicative
Present	gorento	gorentas	gorenta	gorentamos	gorentades	gorentan
Imperfect	gorentaba	gorentabas	gorentaba	gorentabamos	gorentabades	gorentaban
Preterite	gorentei	gorentaches	gorentou	gorentamos	gorentastes	gorentaron
Pluperfect	gorentara	gorentaras	gorentara	gorentaramos	gorentarades	gorentaran
Future	gorentarei	gorentarás	gorentará	gorentaremos	gorentaredes	gorentarán
Conditional	gorentaría	gorentarías	gorentaría	gorentariamos	gorentariades	gorentarían
Subjunctive
Present	gorente	gorentes	gorente	gorentemos	gorentedes	gorenten
Imperfect	gorentase	gorentases	gorentase	gorentásemos	gorentásedes	gorentasen
Future	gorentar	gorentares	gorentar	gorentarmos	gorentardes	gorentaren
Imperative
Affirmative		gorenta	gorente	gorentemos	gorentade	gorenten
Negative (non)		non gorentes	non gorente	non gorentemos	non gorentedes	non gorenten

    Reintegrated conjugation of gorentar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	gorentar
Personal	gorentar	gorentares	gorentar	gorentarmos	gorentardes	gorentarem
Gerund
	gorentando
Past participle
Masculine	gorentado			gorentados
Feminine	gorentada			gorentadas
Indicative
Present	gorento	gorentas	gorenta	gorentamos	gorentades, gorentais	gorentam
Imperfect	gorentava	gorentavas	gorentava	gorentávamos	gorentávades, gorentáveis, gorentávais1	gorentavam
Preterite	gorentei	gorentaste, gorentache1	gorentou	gorentamos	gorentastes	gorentárom, gorentaram
Pluperfect	gorentara	gorentaras	gorentara	gorentáramos	gorentárades, gorentáreis, gorentárais1	gorentaram
Future	gorentarei	gorentarás	gorentará	gorentaremos	gorentaredes, gorentareis	gorentarám, gorentarão
Conditional	gorentaria	gorentarias	gorentaria	gorentaríamos	gorentaríades, gorentaríeis, gorentaríais1	gorentariam
Subjunctive
Present	gorente	gorentes	gorente	gorentemos	gorentedes, gorenteis	gorentem
Imperfect	gorentasse	gorentasses	gorentasse	gorentássemos	gorentássedes, gorentásseis	gorentassem
Future	gorentar	gorentares	gorentar	gorentarmos	gorentardes	gorentarem
Imperative
Affirmative		gorenta	gorente	gorentemos	gorentade, gorentai	gorentem
Negative (nom)		nom gorentes	nom gorente	nom gorentemos	nom gorentedes, nom gorenteis	nom gorentem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• gorir
• goro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gorentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “gorentar”, 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), “gorentar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega