lixar

From lixo (“dirt”).

• luxar

• IPA^(key):

lixar (first-person singular present lixo, first-person singular preterite lixei, past participle lixado)

1. (transitive) to dirty, to taint

   Synonyms: ensuciar, manchar, negrar

   Díxolle a pota ao caldeiro: achégate aló que me luxas (proverb)

   pot calling the kettle black

   (literally, “The pot told the cauldron: "Go away, you're going to mess me up!"”)

• lixo

Uncertain, possibly from Late Latin lixāre. Compare Portuguese lixar and Spanish lijar.

• IPA^(key):

lixar (first-person singular present lixo, first-person singular preterite lixei, past participle lixado)

1. (transitive) to sand
2. (transitive) to polish

• lixo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lixar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lixar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “lixar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “lixar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lixar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *lixāre (“to boil”); compare Late Latin ēlixō (“to boil thoroughly”). Compare Spanish lijar.

• Hyphenation: li‧xar

lixar (first-person singular present lixo, first-person singular preterite lixei, past participle lixado)

1. (transitive) to sand (with sandpaper)

   Ainda falta lixar o batente.

   The frame still has to be sanded.

2. (transitive) to polish

   Synonyms: alisar, polir

3. (colloquial) to screw up, to ruin

   Synonyms: arruinar, danificar, estragar

4. (colloquial, pronominal) to get screwed up, to be in difficulties

• que se lixe

• lixa