esgarrifar

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from calfred (shiver).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əz.ɡə.riˈfa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ez.ɣa.riˈfaɾ]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)

Verb

esgarrifar (first-person singular present esgarrifo, first-person singular preterite esgarrifí, past participle esgarrifat)

  1. (transitive) to make tremble; to frighten
  2. (pronominal) to tremble, to shudder, to shiver

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References

  1. ^ esgarrifar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

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