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Etymology

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From balma (cave) +‎ -ar +‎ se.

Verb

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balmar-se (first-person singular present em balmo, first-person singular preterite em balmí, past participle balmat)

  1. (intransitive, pronominal) to hollow out, to empty
    • 1967, Octavi Fullat, Reflexions sobre l'educació:
      I ara tots els pobles senten la pruïja, la febre de produir, de voltar-se d'estris, i el món es buida d'entranyes i es balma.
      And now people feel the itch, the fever to produce, to surround themselves with tools, and the world is emptied of its entrails and hollows out.

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