Galician

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese varrer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin verrere. Doublet of guerra. Compare Portuguese varrer and Spanish barrer.

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    varrer (first-person singular present varro, first-person singular preterite varrín, past participle varrido)
    varrer (first-person singular present varro, first-person singular preterite varrim or varri, past participle varrido, reintegrationist norm)

    1. to sweep

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    Old Galician-Portuguese

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Latin verrere. Doublet of guerra.

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      varrer

      1. to sweep
      2. to devastate, to destroy

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      • Fala: barrel
      • Galician: varrer
      • Portuguese: varrer

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      Portuguese

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      Etymology

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        Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese varrer, from Latin verrere. Doublet of guerra. Compare Galician varrer and Spanish barrer.

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        • Hyphenation: var‧rer

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        varrer (first-person singular present varro, first-person singular preterite varri, past participle varrido)

        1. (transitive, intransitive) to sweep (to clean [a place] using a broom)
          Synonyms: (Douro) varrenhar, (Douro) varriscar, vasculhar, vassourar
          A empregada varrera a sala antes da visita chegar.The maid had swept the living room before the guests arrived.
        2. (transitive) to sweep (to move something using a broom) [with direct object ‘something’ and para ‘somewhere’]
          Queríamos varrer a poeira para debaixo do tapete.We wanted to sweep the dust under the rug.
        3. (transitive, figurative) to sweep, to expel completely and quickly [with direct object ‘someone/something’ and de ‘from somewhere’]
          Synonyms: destruir, devastar, eliminar, expulsar
          A legião romana varreu os hunos da Gália.The Roman legion swept the Huns from Gaul.
        4. (figurative, transitive) to sweep; to go through (to search a place methodically)
          Synonyms: buscar, procurar, virar de cabeça para baixo
          Militantes varreram a cidade em busca de infiéis.Militants swept the city searching for infidels.
        5. (computing, transitive) to scan (to examine sequentially, part by part)
          Synonym: (Brazil) escanear
          Deixei o programa varrendo os arquivos.I left the program scanning the files.

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