coltellejar

Catalan

Etymology

From coltell +‎ -ejar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kul.tə.ʎəˈʒa]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [kol.tə.ʎəˈʒa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [kol.te.ʎeˈd͡ʒaɾ]

Verb

coltellejar (first-person singular present coltellejo, first-person singular preterite coltellegí, past participle coltellejat)

  1. (transitive, frequentative) to knife (stab or slash with a knife)
    • 1929, Llorenç Riber i Campins, Any cristià, I:
      El poble, desafiat i provocat per tanta audàcia, s'emparà del palau i coltellejà el grotesc emperador Eugeni.
      The people, challenged and provoked by such audacity, seized the palace and stabbed to death the grotesque Emperor Eugenius.

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