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adestrar

verb/ɐdɨʃˈtɾaɾ/medium

a·des·trar

Definition

To instruct, train, or tame (especially animals) to perform tasks or obey commands.
He trains dogs for search and rescue. / It takes patience to train a bird.
Common collocations
to train dogsto train horsesto train animals

Etymology

Do latim 'dextrare' (pôr à direita, guiar).

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