alechugar
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + lechuga (“lettuce”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alet͡ʃuˈɡaɾ/ [a.le.t͡ʃuˈɣ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧le‧chu‧gar
Verb
alechugar (first-person singular present alechugo, first-person singular preterite alechugué, past participle alechugado)
- (transitive) to fold, to pleat
- 2015 November 25, “Madonna sigue reinando”, in El País[1]:
- Madonna saludó en castellano y antes de la tercera pieza, Burnin Up se desproveyó mediante un tirón del vestido rojo, mostró corpiño con algo parecido a una gorguera no alechugada y piernas engastadas en medias y botas negras.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of alechugar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
- “alechugar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024