despregar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese despregar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from des- +‎ pregar: compare Portuguese despregar and Spanish desplegar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

despregar (first-person singular present desprego, first-person singular preterite despreguei, past participle despregado)

1. (transitive) to unfurl

   Synonyms: desencartar, desfaldrar

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 512:

     Et alí cõmeçarõ de tanger moytas tronpas et moytos anafíjs, et quen alý tragía sina ou pendóm alý o despregaua et tendía

     And then many trumps and trumpets were blown, and whoever was carrying an ensign or pennon, there he unfurled and stretched it

2. (transitive) to deploy
3. (transitive, dated) to unstick, unpin

   Synonym: despegar

Conjugation

Related terms

References

• “despregar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “despreg” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “despregar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “despregar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “despregar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “despregar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- +‎ pregar.

Pronunciation

Verb

despregar (first-person singular present desprego, first-person singular preterite despreguei, past participle despregado)

1. to unstick, unpin

   Antonym: pregar

Conjugation