asomar

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese assomar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *assumare, from Latin summus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [asoˈmaɾ]

Verb

asomar (first-person singular present asomo, first-person singular preterite asomei, past participle asomado)

  1. to show, loom, appear
    Synonym: aparecer

Conjugation

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

From archaic or Old Spanish somo (top), from Latin summus (highest), via “to show the top of the head”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asoˈmaɾ/ [a.soˈmaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧so‧mar

Verb

asomar (first-person singular present asomo, first-person singular preterite asomé, past participle asomado)

  1. to show
  2. to peep up; to peep out
    Se puede ver el sol asomando entre las nubes.
    You can see the sun peeking through the clouds.
  3. to come up; to come out
    • 2015 October 9, “Cinco destinos europeos de vanguardia a los que se puede ir en coche”, in El País:
      Si le queda tiempo, asómese al futuro echando un vistazo a las obras de Zorrozaurre, uno de los proyectos de regeneración de una zona industrial más ambiciosos de la ciudad.
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  4. (reflexive) to go out; to appear
    Entre broma y broma, la verdad se asoma.
    There is truth in humor.
  5. (reflexive) to lean
    Se prohíbe asomarse al exterior.
    It's forbidden to lean out of windows.

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