Multilingual Palindrome Squares

Two Spanish 5x5 palindromic word squares (cuadrados mágicos), similar to the original Sator Square.
The words can be read across, down, and backwards while preserving the square's symmetry.
Some squares include one proper noun or invented name, like Arepo in the original Sator Square,
but only when it allows for a relatively strong grammatical reading.
When all five words are real words, somewhat looser grammar is allowed.

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Spanish Palindrome Squares

One proper noun / invented Arepo-style word allowed

Imaginative reading: Sasat makes the trees in groves develop good canopies and reduces fees

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

  • Sasat: Invented name
  • Acopa: Causes trees/plants to form good crowns/canopies
    • Third-person singular present indicative of acopar, "to cause trees/plants to form good crowns/canopies"
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  • Sotos: Groves/wooded tracts
    • Masculine noun; plural of soto, "grove/wooded tract/place populated by trees and shrubs"
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  • Apoca: Reduces/lessens
    • Third-person singular present indicative of apocar, "to reduce/diminish/lessen"
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  • Tasas: Rates/fees/taxes
    • Feminine noun; plural of tasa, "rate/fee/tax"
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No proper nouns

Imaginative reading: To heal, he will roast pineapple, frogs, and guava

Possibly an original square; no prior online occurrence found

  • Asará: Will roast
    • Third-person singular future indicative of asar, “to roast.
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  • Sanar: To heal
  • Ananá: Pineapple (regional)
    • Regional noun, used in Argentina and Uruguay; variant of ananás, "pineapple"
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  • Ranas: Frogs
    • Feminine noun; plural of rana, "frog"
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  • Arasá: Guava/guava tree (regional)
    • Regional noun in Argentina and Uruguay; variant of arazá, "guava/guava tree"
    • Source 1 Source 2
    • (Note: symmetry ignores accents)