esfachar

Unknown. The possibilities include:

• Compound of es- + facha (“battleaxe”) + -ar.

• A possible Vulgar Latin *exfaciāre, from ex- + faciēs + -āre (literally "deface"), whence Italian sfacciare and Old French esfacier. This, however, would not explain the Galician word's /tʃ/ (the expected result would have been *esfaçar).

• IPA^(key): /esfaˈt͡ʃaɾ/

esfachar (first-person singular present esfacho, first-person singular preterite esfachei, past participle esfachado)

1. (transitive) to smash

   Synonym: escachar

• esfachear
• esfachicar

• “esfachar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “esfachar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “esfachar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “esfachar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “esfachar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.