espeluxar
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French espeluchier (“to peel”) (compare also peluxe (“fuff, fur”)). Cognate with French éplucher.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
espeluxar (first-person singular present espeluxo, first-person singular preterite espeluxei, past participle espeluxado)
- (transitive) to make (someone's hair) messy; to tousle (someone's hair)
- Synonym: despeitear
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to make (someone's hair) messy
- to peel; to lose the skin
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of espeluxar
References edit
- “espeluxar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “espeluxar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “espeluxar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.