esfarelar

Attested since 1671. From es- (“ex-”) +‎ farelo (“bram”). Cognate with Portuguese esfarelar.

• IPA^(key): /esfaɾeˈlaɾ/

esfarelar (first-person singular present esfarelo, first-person singular preterite esfarelei, past participle esfarelado)

1. to crumble

   Synonyms: esfrangullar, esmigallar, esmiolar, esmiuzar

2. to crush, to grind, to tear

   Synonyms: esmiuzar, esnaquizar, relar

   • 1671, Gabriel Feijoo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:

     eu quero mal à esta jente / einos de por en talladas / esfarelandoll'os cascos / do corpo sacarll'as almas

     I hate these people / I'll make slices of them / crushing them helms / from them bodies I'll take out them souls

• farelo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esfarelar”, 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), “esfarelar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “esfarelar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esfarelar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From es- +‎ farelo (“crumbs”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: es‧fa‧re‧lar

esfarelar (first-person singular present esfarelo, first-person singular preterite esfarelei, past participle esfarelado)

1. to crumble