esguizar

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Galician

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Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esguiçar, from es- +‎ guizo (twig, splinter) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

Verb

esguizar (first-person singular present esguizo, first-person singular preterite esguicei, past participle esguizado)

  1. to break off; to tear off
    Synonyms: esgallar, esgazar
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 467:
      et rrasgauã et esgiçauã seus briaes, et depenauã os cabelos, et desfazíã os rrostros et os peytos, et maldezíã as auẽturas et as propheçías et as promesas dos dioses et das deesas.
      and they torn and broke off their own bliauts, and plucked their hairs, and destroyed faces and breasts, and they damned the adventures and prophecies and promises of gods and godesses

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