ordenhar
Meaning
to milk (to express milk from mammal)
Synonyms
tirar leite
Translations
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/oʁ.dẽˈɲa(ʁ)/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese ordennar, from Vulgar Latin *ōrdiniāre, itself from Latin ōrdināre (or through a *ōrdinium), from ōrdō (“order, arrangement”), from Proto-Italic *ored(h)- (“to arrange”), of unknown origin. Compare Spanish ordeñar. Doublet of ordenar.
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