pergeñar

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pergeño (appearance).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /peɾxeˈɲaɾ/ [peɾ.xeˈɲaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: per‧ge‧ñar

Verb[edit]

pergeñar (first-person singular present pergeño, first-person singular preterite pergeñé, past participle pergeñado)

  1. (colloquial) to sketch out, draw up
    • 1997, Roberto Bolaño, “Henri Simon Leprince”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:
      Ajeno a todo, Leprince sigue trabajando en el periódico (donde cada vez despierta más sospechas) y pergeñando sus poesías.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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