amuelar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ muelo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amweˈlaɾ/ [a.mweˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧mue‧lar

Verb

amuelar (first-person singular present amuelo, first-person singular preterite amuelé, past participle amuelado)

  1. (transitive) To gather the already cleaned wheat in the threshing floor, forming the “muelo” (a heap of cleaned grain).
    «Después de una larga mañana de trabajo en la era, los campesinos se prepararon para amuelar el trigo, recogiéndolo en montones ordenados para su posterior almacenamiento».
    “After a long morning of work on the threshing floor, the farmers got ready to gather the cleaned wheat into neat piles for later storage.”

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