llepar

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Etymology

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *lippare or *lippicare, from lippus or lippio, cf. Ligurian lepegâ, Sardinian lippu, English lippitude.

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llepar (first-person singular present llepo, first-person singular preterite llepí, past participle llepat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

  1. (transitive) to lick
  2. (transitive, by extension) to graze (to touch lightly and briefly)
    Synonym: fregar
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 10, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Fins i tot els esculls més propers estaven presidits per un cúmul blanc que les onades s'eforçaven a llepar.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (figurative) to flatter
    Synonyms: adular, llagotejar
  4. (transitive, vulgar, slang) to blow, fellate

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