esclafir

Variation of esclafar (“crush”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kləˈfi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.klaˈfiɾ]

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esclafir (first-person singular present esclafeixo, first-person singular preterite esclafí, past participle esclafit)

1. (intransitive) to crack, to burst

   El fuet gegantí del cotxer esclafia sense parar.

   The coachman's gigantic whip cracked without stopping.

   Van esclafir a riure.

   They burst out laughing.

2. (transitive) to crack, to snap

• esclafidor
• esclafit

• “esclafir”, 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