chanchar

Perhaps from chantar.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃanˈt͡ʃaɾ/

chanchar (first-person singular present chancho, first-person singular preterite chanchei, past participle chanchado)

1. (transitive, informal) to bite

   Synonyms: morder, trabar, trincar

   • 1853, Xosé Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega:

     xa morder ti ben non podes
     con tal podrico nos dentes,
     inda no pan teño mentes
     seique non podes chanchar

     you can no longer aptly eat
     with such rottenness in you teeth,
     even bread, I think,
     probably you cannot gnaw

• chancho

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chanchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chanchar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chancho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN