regirar

Catalan

Etymology

From re- +‎ girar. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

regirar (first-person singular present regiro, first-person singular preterite regirí, past participle regirat)

  1. (transitive) to stir up, to rummage through, to move around (e.g. the contents of a container)
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 2, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Ens regiraven les motxilles d'estudiants i els quaderns de gaèlic, les gorres de llana, fins i tot les sabates i els mitjons, tan llargs.
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References

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

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