esmechar

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Galician

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Etymology

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From es- +‎ mecha +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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esmechar (first-person singular present esmecho, first-person singular preterite esmechei, past participle esmechado)

  1. (of the sun, the heat) to burn, parch
    • 1911, Francisco Portela Pérez, O pé da lareira:
      Levábamos andado seis ou oito horas cun calor que esmechaba
      We have been walking for six or eight hours with a burning heat
  2. to hurt, open a wound in the head
  3. (idiomatic) to taste extraordinarily good

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