trepitjar

Apparently from dialectal trapitx (“olive oil press”), which may represent a Mozarabic development of Byzantine Greek *τραπήτιον (*trapḗtion), a diminutive of trapētus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾə.piˈd͡ʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [tɾe.piˈd͡ʒaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

trepitjar (first-person singular present trepitjo, first-person singular preterite trepitgí, past participle trepitjat)

1. to tread on, to step on

   Synonyms: petjar, peucalcigar

   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 5, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Amb la bota vaig trepitjar el peu despullat, udols de dolor van escampar-se pel bosc.

     With my boot I stepped on the shoeless foot; screams of pain filled the woods.

2. to crush underfoot, trample

   Synonyms: esclafar, trepollar

3. (winemaking) to tread grapes to make wine

   Synonym: follar

4. (figurative) to trample, to walk all over

• trepig
• trepitjada
• trepitjaneu

• “trepitjar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.