pelexar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pelejar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), cognate with Portuguese pelejar, Spanish pelear, ultimately probably from Latin pilus (hair).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peleˈʃaɾ/

Verb

pelexar (first-person singular present pelexo, first-person singular preterite pelexei, past participle pelexado)

  1. to wrestle, fight
    Synonyms: loitar, rifar

Conjugation

References

  • pelejar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • peleja” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • pelexar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • pelexar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • pelexar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “pelear”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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