trasfegar

Galician

Alternative forms

  • trafegar, traguesar, tresegar, trousegar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *trānsfrīcāre, from fricō, or either from *transfaecare, from faex. Doublet of traficar, a borrowing from Italian.

Cognate with Portuguese trasfegar, Spanish trasegar, Catalan trafegar, Italian trafficare, English traffic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɾasfeˈɣaɾ]

Verb

trasfegar (first-person singular present trasfego, first-person singular preterite trasfeguei, past participle trasfegado)

  1. to transfer (a liquid among containers; specifically, to transfer wine among different husks)
    Synonyms: resacar, sacar en limpo, trousar
  2. (euphemistic) to drink immoderately

Conjugation

  • Note: trasfeg- are changed to trasfegu- before front vowels (e).

References

Portuguese

Verb

trasfegar (first-person singular present trasfego, first-person singular preterite trasfeguei, past participle trasfegado)

  1. to pour liquids from a container to another
    Synonyms: transvasar, baldear, estrufegar

Conjugation

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