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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese renger, from Latin ringere (“to show one's teeth, to gape”), from Latin ringo (“I show my teeth, I gape”) (compare Latin rictus). Cognate with Portuguese ranger and Spanish reñir (“to scold, to quarrel”).
Pronunciation
Verb
renxer (first-person singular present renxo, first-person singular preterite renxín, past participle renxido)
- to creak
1880, Valentín Lamas Carbajal, Saudades gallegas. Colección de Versos, Ourense: La Propaganda Gallega, page 92:turrados polos bois viñan do monte renxendo os carros- pulled by oxen, the carts came from the hills, creaking
- to grind (one's teeth)
1905, Antonio López Ferreiro, O niño de pombas, Santiago: Tip. Galicia, page 36:cravando nel os ollos, coma pra atravesarlle a alma, dixolle renxendo os dentes: - Xa sabía eu que eras un ruín villán- staring at him, as trying to pierce his soul, he told while grinding his teeth: -Already I knew that you were a despicable ruffian
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References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “renger”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “renge”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “renxer”, 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), “renxer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “renxer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN