medrar

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Asturian

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Etymology

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Compare Spanish medrar.

Verb

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medrar

  1. to grow, thrive
    Synonyms: crecer, espolletar, espoxigar

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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested since 1519. Probably borrowed from Spanish medrar.[1] Doublet of mellorar.

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Verb

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medrar (first-person singular present medro, first-person singular preterite medrei, past participle medrado)

  1. to grow
    • 1519, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 218:
      Una arqua medrada que lebará fasta oyto ou nobe fanegas de çenteo.
      A grown up ark that can contain some eight or nine fanegas (totaling ~500 l)
  2. to thrive, prosper

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “medrar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish medrar, from Latin meliōrāre.[1] Doublet of melhorar.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈdɾaɾ/ [mɨˈðɾaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈdɾa.ɾi/ [mɨˈðɾa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: me‧drar

Verb

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medrar (first-person singular present medro, first-person singular preterite medrei, past participle medrado)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to grow
    Synonym: crescer
    • 1857, Charles Baudelaire, “O Inimigo”, in Delfim Guimarães, transl., As Flores do Mal, published 1924:
      Corre o tempo veloz, num galope desfeito, / E a Dor, a ingente Dor, que nos corrói o peito, / Com nosso próprio sangue, a crescer, a medrar!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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References

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  1. ^ medrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From *mejdrar, syncopation of mejorar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meˈdɾaɾ/ [meˈð̞ɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: me‧drar

Verb

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medrar (first-person singular present medro, first-person singular preterite medré, past participle medrado)

  1. (intransitive, literary) to thrive, grow (said of plants or animals)
    Synonym: crecer
  2. (intransitive, literary) to prosper, flourish
    Synonym: prosperar
    Se la llevaba además de historiador, detestando a los que medraban bajo el yugo de dictadores pasados.
    He pretended to be a historian too, detesting those who prospered under the yoke of past dictators.
    • 1924 – 1957, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Poesía juglaresca y juglares. Orígenes de las literaturas románicas :
      La postrera reacción en favor del arte occitánico se produjo en el reinado de Alfonso X (1254-1284); el nuevo rey, con sus pretensiones al dominio de Gascuña y al imperio de Alemania, con su desmedida afición a toda clase de artistas, agradeció espléndidamente las alabanzas de los últimos trovadores provenzales, quienes medraron en Castilla mucho mejor que en la corte aragonesa.
      The later reaction in favour of the Occitan art was produced during the reign of Alfonso X (1254-1284). The new king, with his ambition to rule the territory of Gasconia and the German empire, and his unmetered passion for all kinds of artists, was splendidly grateful for the praises of these last Provençal troubadours, who flourished in Castile much better than at the Aragonese court.

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Descendants

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  • Galician: medrar
  • Portuguese: medrar

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