sellar

/seˈʝaɾ/ · B2 · verb

to seal

📜✉️ sellar = sello (seal, stamp) + -ar; English seal is its cousin

From Latin sigillare, from sigillum (a little seal), the same root as English seal. The noun sello means a stamp or a postage stamp, and sellar is the verb: put the stamp on, or close something tight. The ll sounds like y: say-YAR.

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