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Etymology
From es- + poruc + -ir.
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esporuguir (first-person singular present esporugueixo, first-person singular preterite esporuguí, past participle esporuguit)
- (transitive) to frighten
2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 14, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:Amb una violència forassenyada va amenaçar amb un pal el triangle, que va fugir esporuguit, i es va endur l'Aneris al far.- With mad violence, he threatened the triangle with a stick, making him flee in fear, and he took Aneris to the lighthouse.
- (pronominal) to take fright
La majoria de les persones s'esporugueixen i corren.- The majority of people take fright and run.
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