degrañar
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese *degrãar, from an older *degranar: de- + gran (“grain, corn”) + -ar. Compare Portuguese degranhar and Spanish desgranar.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdegrañar (first-person singular present degraño, first-person singular preterite degrañei, past participle degrañado)
- (transitive) to shell, to separate the grain from the straw or husk, usually by hand
Conjugation
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Related terms
editReferences
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “degrañar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “degrañar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “degrañar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN