blanquejar

From blanc +‎ -ejar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bləŋ.kəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [blaŋ.keˈd͡ʒaɾ]

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• Homophone: blanquejà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

blanquejar (first-person singular present blanquejo, first-person singular preterite blanquegí, past participle blanquejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (ambitransitive) to whiten
2. (cooking, transitive) to blanch
3. (transitive) to launder (money)

• “blanquejar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007