apreixar
Galician
Alternative forms
- aprouxar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [apɾejˈʃaɾ]
Verb
apreixar (first-person singular present apreixo, first-person singular preterite apreixei, past participle apreixado)
- to seize, grasp; secure
- c. 1780, anonymous author, Cincuenta décimas contra Cernadas:
- porque rabuñou a certo cavaleiro co as uñas dos seus Pes: apreixanllas ben, para que non rasque a outro.
- because he clawed certain gentleman with the nails of his feet: secure them well, for not scratching another
- to tie up
- Synonym: atar
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References
- “apreixar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “apreixar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “apreixar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Cf. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “prender”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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