mezclar

Meaning

  1. to mix
  2. (reflexive) to blend in

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
mez‧clar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/meθˈklaɾ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mesclar, from Early Medieval Latin misculāre, derived from Latin miscēre. Its evolution, like that of Portuguese miscrar, is somewhat unexpected. Compare macho < Latin masculus, with early -scul- > -scl- > /t͡ʃ/. It may be that syncope occurred relatively late for misculāre (cf. the unsyncopated Italian variant mescolare). Alternatively, /kl/ may simply have failed to palatalize as in claro or clavo. Very unlikely to be borrowed from Catalan mesclar.

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