acaronar

From a +‎ carona +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.kə.ɾuˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.kə.ɾoˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ka.ɾoˈnaɾ]

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acaronar (first-person singular present acarono, first-person singular preterite acaroní, past participle acaronat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. to hold someone you love closer
2. to cuddle
3. to embrace
4. to protect
5. to caress

• “acaronar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “acaronar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “acaronar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “acaronar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.