espir

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since circa 1390 (the derivative despimento since 1294: despeemento, "dispatchment, distributio of assets"). From Latin expedīre (to dispatch). Cognate with Portuguese despir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈpiɾ/

Verb

espir (first-person singular present ispo, third-person singular present ispe, first-person singular preterite espín, past participle espido)
espir (first-person singular present ispo, third-person singular present espe, first-person singular preterite espim or espi, past participle espido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (transitive) to undress (to remove somebody’s clothes)
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to peel, undress (to remove one’s clothes)
    Synonyms: denudar, desvestir

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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