barutar

Galician

Etymology

From Old French buleter, beluter (compare French bluter, Italian burattare), ultimately perhaps from a Germanic language.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɾuˈtaɾ/

Verb

barutar (first-person singular present baruto, first-person singular preterite barutei, past participle barutado)

  1. to sift, to sieve, especially the flour from the bran
    Synonyms: bortelar, peneirar
  2. to hover
    Synonyms: pairar, peneirar

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “barruntar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos