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Etymology
From balma (“cave”) + -ar + se.
Verb
balmar-se (first-person singular present em balmo, first-person singular preterite em balmí, past participle balmat)
- (intransitive, pronominal) to hollow out, to empty
1967, Octavi Fullat, Reflexions sobre l'educació:I ara tots els pobles senten la pruïja, la febre de produir, de voltar-se d'estris, i el món es buida d'entranyes i es balma.- And now people feel the itch, the fever to produce, to surround themselves with tools, and the world is emptied of its entrails and hollows out.
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