engruñar
See also: engrunar
Galician
Alternative forms
- enguliñar, engumiñar, enguniñar, enguruñar, engurruñar
- engrunhar, engurunhar, engurrunhar (reintegrationist)
Etymology
Perhaps from Latin *irrugāre. Compare Portuguese engrunhar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ẽŋɡɾũˈɲãɾ], [ẽŋħɾũˈɲãɾ]
Verb
engruñar (first-person singular present engruño, first-person singular preterite engruñei, past participle engruñado)
- (pronominal) to shrink
- Antonyms: estarricar, estricar
- (transitive) to shrink
- Synonym: encoller
- (transitive) to wrinkle
Conjugation
Conjugation of engruñar
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “engruñar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “engruñar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “engruñar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN