chanchar
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]chanchar (first-person singular present chancho, first-person singular preterite chanchei, past participle chanchado)
- (transitive, informal) to bite
- 1853, Xosé Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega:
- xa morder ti ben non podes
con tal podrico nos dentes,
inda no pan teño mentes
seique non podes chanchar- you can no longer aptly eat
with such rottenness in you teeth,
even bread, I think,
probably you cannot gnaw
- you can no longer aptly eat
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of chanchar
Reintegrated conjugation of chanchar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “chanchar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “chanchar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “chancho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.