Galician

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Etymology

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Probably from remela (rheum, sleep); compare Asturian remiellar and Old Spanish remellado, rezmellado.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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remelar (first-person singular present remelo, first-person singular preterite remelei, past participle remelado)

  1. to open wide the eyes
    • 1837, anonymous author, O litigante labrador:
      Cando llo quixen dicir,
      puxo os ollos remelados,
      zarróu o puño pra min,
      e cos dentes regañados,
      fíxome a conta de todo,
      sen siquera descontalos;
      de tal sorte e tal maneira
      que de tales resultados
      deixáronme pez sen bota,
      eles de todo cobrados.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to look sideways
  3. to look askance

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “mella”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos