esguerrar
Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Alternation of earlier esgarrar.
Pronunciation
Verb
esguerrar (first-person singular present esguerro, first-person singular preterite esguerrí, past participle esguerrat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (historical, transitive) to tenotomize in the lower leg as punishment
- (transitive) to cripple
- (transitive) to ruin, spoil
Conjugation
Further reading
- “esguerrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “esguerrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “esguerrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “esguerrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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