esbullar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esbullar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin spoliāre, present active infinitive of spoliō (“I bare, plunder”). Doublet of debullar and despoxar.

Compare Portuguese esbulhar and Spanish despojar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esβuˈʎaɾ/

Verb

esbullar (first-person singular present esbullo, first-person singular preterite esbullei, past participle esbullado)

1. (transitive) to shell, to separate the grain from the straw or husk, usually by hand

   Synonyms: debagar, degraer, degrañar, deluvar

2. (transitive, archaic) to plunder
   • c. 1350, Eladio Oviedo Arce (ed.), "Fragmento de una versión gallega del Código de Las Partidas de Alfonso el Sabio", in López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 129:

     Desonrra fazen (aas vegadas) os viuos e torto aos que son pasados deste mundo aquel (que as fossas do morto) non deixan estar en paz e os dessoterra quer o faça con cobiiça de leuar as pedras e os ladrillos que eran postos enos moymentos para fazer alguo lauor para sy ou para esbullar os corpos dos paños e das vestiduras

     Dishonour is committed by the living, and it is an injustice to those who have passed of this world, by those that don't leave alone the pits of the dead, either if they do this because of greed, taking the stones and bricks that were in this tombs for their own use, or either for plundering the bodies of their clothes and garments

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esbullar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	esbullar
Personal	esbullar	esbullares	esbullar	esbullarmos	esbullardes	esbullaren
Gerund
	esbullando
Past participle
Masculine	esbullado			esbullados
Feminine	esbullada			esbulladas
Indicative
Present	esbullo	esbullas	esbulla	esbullamos	esbullades	esbullan
Imperfect	esbullaba	esbullabas	esbullaba	esbullabamos	esbullabades	esbullaban
Preterite	esbullei	esbullaches	esbullou	esbullamos	esbullastes	esbullaron
Pluperfect	esbullara	esbullaras	esbullara	esbullaramos	esbullarades	esbullaran
Future	esbullarei	esbullarás	esbullará	esbullaremos	esbullaredes	esbullarán
Conditional	esbullaría	esbullarías	esbullaría	esbullariamos	esbullariades	esbullarían
Subjunctive
Present	esbulle	esbulles	esbulle	esbullemos	esbulledes	esbullen
Imperfect	esbullase	esbullases	esbullase	esbullásemos	esbullásedes	esbullasen
Future	esbullar	esbullares	esbullar	esbullarmos	esbullardes	esbullaren
Imperative
Affirmative		esbulla	esbulle	esbullemos	esbullade	esbullen
Negative (non)		non esbulles	non esbulle	non esbullemos	non esbulledes	non esbullen

Related terms

• bullar
• debullar
• esbullo (“loot”)

References

• “esbullar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “sbul” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “esbullar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “esbullar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “debullar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.