depenar

• despenar

From Old Galician-Portuguese depenar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). From de- (“off”) +‎ pena (“feather; fur”). Cognate with Portuguese depenar.

• IPA^(key): /depeˈnaɾ/

depenar (first-person singular present depeno, first-person singular preterite depenei, past participle depenado)

1. to pluck (feathers, leaves, etc.)

   Synonym: depenicar

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 506:

     Et Paris tã grã doo et tã grã pessar auj́a del que se quisera matar cõ ssua espada, et caýo amortezido, et rronpía seus pãnos, et depenaua seus cabelos

     And Paris had such pain and such sorrow because of him, that he wanted to kill himself with the sword, and he fell deadened, and he was tearing his clothes and plucking his hair

2. to peel

   Synonyms: deluvar, estonar, mondar, pelar

• pena

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “depenar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “depena”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “depenar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “depenar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “depenar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “depenar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “depenar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese depenar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). From de- (“off”) +‎ pena (“feather; fur”) +‎ -ar. Cognate with Galician depenar.

depenar (first-person singular present depeno, first-person singular preterite depenei, past participle depenado)

1. to pluck (remove feathers from)