esgarrar

From es- +‎ garra +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əz.ɡəˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ez.ɣaˈraɾ]
• Homophone: esguerrar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

esgarrar (first-person singular present esgarro, first-person singular preterite esgarrí, past participle esgarrat)

1. to cripple

   Synonym: esguerrar

• “esgarrar”, 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

• esgarriar

Perhaps from es- +‎ agarrar (“to grip”). Cognate with Portuguese escarrar.

• IPA^(key): /esɣaˈraɾ/

esgarrar (first-person singular present esgarro, first-person singular preterite esgarrei, past participle esgarrado)

1. to expectorate
2. to spit

• esgarro (“sputum”)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esgarrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “esgarrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esgarrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “esgarrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esgarrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN