enjalbegar

Spanish

Etymology

With the addition of a prefix en-, from a supposed original Old Spanish form *exalbegar (attested later in various altered forms such as axalvegar, jalbegar, xabelgar, etc.), from a Vulgar Latin *exalbicāre, from Latin albus.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enxalbeˈɡaɾ/ [ẽŋ.xal.β̞eˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧jal‧be‧gar

Verb

enjalbegar (first-person singular present enjalbego, first-person singular preterite enjalbegué, past participle enjalbegado)

  1. to whitewash, paint the face

Conjugation

References

  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. enjalbegar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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