# testar
## Galician
### Etymology 1

From testa (“head”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tesˈtaɾ/, /tɛsˈtaɾ/

#### Verb

testar (first-person singular present testo, first-person singular preterite testei, past participle testado)
* to adjoin; to border
    Synonyms: entestar, estremar, lindar
** 1314, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Monasterio de San Salvador de Pedroso en tierras de Trasancos. Colección documental, A Coruña: Deputación Provincial, page 253:o agro que chaman da Penna, que iaz en Canido, commo departe das leyras que foron de Pedro Vidal et do caminno da corredoira et testa na herdade de María de Pantínthe field they call of the rock, that lies in Canido, as is goes from the patches that belonged to Pedro Vidal, and from the path of the lane and borders with the property of María de Pantín

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

##### Related terms

* testa

### Etymology 2

From Latin testāri (“to testify”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tesˈtaɾ/

#### Verb

testar (first-person singular present testo, first-person singular preterite testei, past participle testado)
* (transitive) to leave in will
* (intransitive) to make a will

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

##### Related terms

* testa

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “testar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “testa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “testar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “testar <testa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “testar <testari”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “testar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “testar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “testar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

testar m
* indefinite plural of test

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /tesˈta(ʁ)/ [tesˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /tesˈta(ʁ)/ [tesˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /tesˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /teʃˈta(ʁ)/ [teʃˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /tesˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨʃˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨʃˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɨʃˈta.ɾi/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *testāre, from Latin testārī.

#### Verb

testar (first-person singular present testo, first-person singular preterite testei, past participle testado)
* to testify

##### Conjugation

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

##### Related terms

* atestar
* contestar
* detestar
* protestar

### Etymology 2

From teste (test) +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

testar (first-person singular present testo, first-person singular preterite testei, past participle testado)
* to test

##### Conjugation

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

### Etymology 3

From testo (lid) +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

testar (first-person singular present testo, first-person singular preterite testei, past participle testado)
* to fill

##### Conjugation

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

##### Related terms

* atestar

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin testārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tesˈtaɾ/ [t̪esˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: tes‧tar

### Verb

testar (first-person singular present testo, first-person singular preterite testé, past participle testado)
* (intransitive) to compose a will
* (transitive) to redact (to censor)
* (dated, transitive) to testify

#### 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

* testamento
* testigo
* testimonio

### Further reading

* “testar”, 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

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

testar
* indefinite plural of test (“tuft of hair”)

### Verb

testar
* present indicative of testa

### Anagrams

* ersatt, retats, stater