escuixar
Catalan
Alternative forms
- escuixolar
Etymology
From es- + cuixa (“thigh”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
escuixar (first-person singular present escuixo, first-person singular preterite escuixí, past participle escuixat)
- (transitive) to break (off) the thigh or leg of
- (figurative, transitive) to break off (branches, etc.)
- (reflexive) to injure oneself while doing the splits
Conjugation
Conjugation of escuixar (first conjugation)
Further reading
- “escuixar”, 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