Galician edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esburgar, esbrugar (attested since the 15th century). From Latin expurgāre (to purify, clean)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

esburgar (first-person singular present esburgo, first-person singular preterite esburguei, past participle esburgado)

  1. to peel

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

  • burgazo (chestnut that has been boiled with its inner peel)

References edit

  • esburgar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • esbrug” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • esburgar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • esburgar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • esburgar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • esburgar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • esburgar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.