Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *expiluc(i)cāre, ultimately from Latin pilāre (remove hair). By surface analysis, es- +‎ pellucar.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

espellucar (first-person singular present espelluco, first-person singular preterite espelluquí, past participle espellucat)

  1. to pluck fruit (from a tree, etc.)
  2. to investigate something in detail

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • “espellucar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.