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Galician
Etymology
Unknown. From former esguaçar (att. 1372). Cognate with Asturian esguazar, Spanish desguazar, Italian sguazzare.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
esgazar (first-person singular present esgazo, first-person singular preterite esgacei, past participle esgazado)
- to break off; to tear off
- Synonyms: esgallar, esguizar, rachar
1372, E. Duro Peña, editor, El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil, Ourense: Instituto Padre Feijóo, page 322:por quanto a dita carta do dito sennor rey era escripta en papel e se temía de esguaçar ou derramar ou mollar- because this aforementioned charter of our lord the king is written in paper, and he fear to tear, waste, or wet it
1845, Francisco Añón, Recordos da infancia:E d’os castaños esgazando as pòlas;
Abranguía aromáticos cencenos.- And from the chestnut trees, tearing off the branches,
she picked aromatic tassels.
Conjugation
Conjugation of esgazar (c-z alternation)
References
- “esguaçar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “esguaçar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esgazar”, 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), “esgazar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esgazar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN