dixerir
Asturian edit
Verb edit
dixerir
- to digest
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of dixerir
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin dīgerere (“to separate; to distribute”).
Verb edit
dixerir (first-person singular present dixiro, third-person singular present dixire, first-person singular preterite dixerín, past participle dixerido)
- to digest (to break down and absorb food in the alimentary canal)
- As vacas poden dixerir a herba.
- Cows can digest grass.
- (figurative) to digest (to think over and arrange methodically in the mind)
- Non conseguía dixerir a información.
- He couldn’t digest the information.
- (figurative) to deal with; to come to terms with; to cope
- El aínda non dixeriu a morte da mai.
- He still hasn’t come to terms with his mother’s death.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of dixerir (e becomes i when stressed)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “dixerir” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.