depenar

• despenar

From Old Galician-Portuguese depenar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). From de- (“off”) +‎ pena (“feather; fur”). Cognate with Portuguese depenar.

• IPA^(key): /depeˈnaɾ/

depenar (first-person singular present depeno, first-person singular preterite depenei, past participle depenado)

1. to pluck (feathers, leaves, etc.)

   Synonym: depenicar

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 506:

     Et Paris tã grã doo et tã grã pessar auj́a del que se quisera matar cõ ssua espada, et caýo amortezido, et rronpía seus pãnos, et depenaua seus cabelos

     And Paris had such pain and such sorrow because of him, that he wanted to kill himself with the sword, and he fell deadened, and he was tearing his clothes and plucking his hair

2. to peel

   Synonyms: deluvar, estonar, mondar, pelar

• pena

• “depenar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “depena” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “depenar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “depenar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “depenar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “depenar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “depenar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Galician-Portuguese depenar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). From de- (“off”) +‎ pena (“feather; fur”) +‎ -ar. Cognate with Galician depenar.

depenar (first-person singular present depeno, first-person singular preterite depenei, past participle depenado)

1. to pluck (remove feathers from)