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Etymology
From es- + fulla + -ar. Compare exfoliar, a learned borrowing.
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esfullar (first-person singular present esfullo, first-person singular preterite esfullí, past participle esfullat)
- (transitive) to remove leaves/petals from, to thin
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lose leaves/petals
1947, Sebastià Juan Arbó, Tina Costa:Darrera el balcó les branques s'esfullaven; les fulles queien lentament, com si fossin el plor dels arbres.- Behind the balcony the branches were losing their leaves; the leaves fell slowly, as if they were the tears of the trees.
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