chanchar

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from chantar.[1]

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chanchar (first-person singular present chancho, first-person singular preterite chanchei, past participle chanchado)

  1. (transitive, informal) to bite
    Synonyms: morder, trabar, trincar
    • 1853, Xosé Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega:
      xa morder ti ben non podes
      con tal podrico nos dentes,
      inda no pan teño mentes
      seique non podes chanchar
      you can no longer aptly eat
      with such rottenness in you teeth,
      even bread, I think,
      probably you cannot gnaw

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. chanchar.