pexa

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Galician

A wild horse in the mountains of Galicia, illegally fettered with a péga or pexa
Idem

Alternative forms

  • pía (Galician-Asturian)

Etymology

From an older *peja, from Vulgar Latin *pedea, from Latin pedem (foot). Cognate with Portuguese peia.

Pronunciation

Noun

pexa f (plural pexas)

  1. hobble; fetter (an object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs)
    Synonyms: péga, traba
  2. (figurative) impediment, fetter (anything that restricts or restrains)
    Synonyms: péga, traba

Derived terms

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

pexa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative pexaði, supine pexað)

  1. (intransitive) to quarrel, to squabble
    Synonyms: deila, þrefa, þrátta, þrasa

Conjugation

Latin

Participle

pexa

  1. inflection of pexus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

pexā

  1. ablative feminine singular of pexus

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