sarxar

Galician

Etymology

From Old French jarser (to gash, wound). Cognate with Spanish sajar and French gercer.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saɾˈʃaɾ/

Verb

sarxar (first-person singular present sarxo, first-person singular preterite sarxei, past participle sarxado)

  1. to gash, to cut open
    Debes sarxar esa bocha.You should cut open that blister.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “sajar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos