espernear

• espernexar

Attested since 1807. From es- +‎ perna (“leg”) +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /espeɾneˈaɾ/

espernear (first-person singular present esperneo, first-person singular preterite esperneei, past participle esperneado)
espernear (first-person singular present esperneio, first-person singular preterite esperneei, past participle esperneado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to kick; to vigorously agitate the legs, usually a child while sitting or lying down or another person to express great discontent or rage

   Synonym: pernear

   • 1807, anonymous author, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:

     O santo Apostolo xa sabe
     que cando aforcan a un home
     non lle privan que espernee

     The Holy Apostle already knows
     that when they hang a man
     they do not deprive him from kicking

• perna
• pernear

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

From es- +‎ perna (“leg”) +‎ -ear. Compare Galician espernear

• Hyphenation: es‧per‧ne‧ar

espernear (first-person singular present esperneio, first-person singular preterite esperneei, past participle esperneado)

1. (intransitive) to kick; to vigorously agitate the legs, usually a child while sitting or lying down or another person to express great discontent or rage
2. (figurative) to protest, express personal revolt or discontent

• pernear, barafustar