# dentar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From dent +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [dənˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [denˈtaɾ]

### Verb

dentar (first-person singular present dento, first-person singular preterite dentí, past participle dentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (intransitive) to teethe (grow teeth)
* (transitive) to determine the age of (an animal) from examining the teeth
* (transitive) to tooth (furnish with teeth)

#### Derived terms

* dentadora
* dentadura
* dentatge

### Further reading

* “dentar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From dente +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [denˈtaɾ], [dɛnˈtaɾ]

### Verb

dentar (first-person singular present dento, first-person singular preterite dentei, past participle dentado)
* (intransitive) to teethe
    Cando o neno denta, a morte o tenta (proverb) ― When the child teethes, death tries him
* (transitive) to tooth

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “dentar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dentar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “dentar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dentar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From dente +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /dẽˈta(ʁ)/ [dẽˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /dẽˈta(ʁ)/ [dẽˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /dẽˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /dẽˈta(ʁ)/ [dẽˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /dẽˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dẽˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dẽˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dẽˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: den‧tar

### Verb

dentar (first-person singular present dento, first-person singular preterite dentei, past participle dentado)
* (transitive) to bite (to cut into by clamping the teeth)
* (transitive) to indent (to cut into points like a row of teeth)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French dentaire, from Latin dentarius.

### Adjective

dentar m or n (feminine singular dentară, masculine plural dentari, feminine and neuter plural dentare)
* dental

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /denˈtaɾ/ [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: den‧tar

### Verb

dentar (first-person singular present diento, first-person singular preterite denté, past participle dentado)
* to teethe

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* diente

### Further reading

* “dentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10