espurriñar
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to espurrar (“to sneeze”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]espurriñar (first-person singular present espurriño, first-person singular preterite espurriñei, past participle espurriñado)
- (transitive) to sprinkle
- Synonym: esbarrufar
- (transitive) to dig and sprinkle earth at the same time
- (transitive) to stamp
- Synonym: tripar
- 1937, Fuco G. Gómez, O idioma dos animás:
- sentíase o tasquear, espurriñar i esbarrufar das bestas e cabalos xotos
- you could hear chewing, stamping and sneezing of the sullen mares and horses
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of espurriñar
References
[edit]- “espurriñar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “espurriñar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “espurriñar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.