humitejar

Catalan

Etymology

From humit + -ejar.

Pronunciation

Verb

humitejar (first-person singular present humitejo, first-person singular preterite humitegí, past participle humitejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. to humidify, moisten, dampen
    Synonym: humectar
    • 2018 January, “L'Escale: els nous galls alcen la cresta”, in El Periódico:
      Calamar untat amb pasta d'all negre , bledes i blat de moro cruixent (perill si es deixen humitejar).
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    • 1986, Ferran Canyameres, Més enllà del rancor, Editorial Laertes, page 43:
      La Munda esguardava amb fixesa al seu davant, el pensament vagabund; adesiara una llàgrima li humitejava els parpres i el seu rostre es contreia com per a contenir el plor.
      Munda stared fixedly in front of her, her thoughts wandering; from time to time a tear moistened her eyelids and her face contracted as if to hold back weeping.

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