esporuguir

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Etymology

es- +‎ poruc +‎ -ir

Pronunciation

Verb

esporuguir (first-person singular present esporugueixo, first-person singular preterite esporuguí, past participle esporuguit)

  1. (transitive) to frighten
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 14, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Amb una violència forassenyada va amenaçar amb un pal el triangle, que va fugir esporuguit, i es va endur l'Aneris al far.
      With mad violence, he threatened the triangle with a stick, making him flee in fear, and he took Aneris to the lighthouse.
  2. (pronominal) to take fright
    La majoria de les persones s'esporugueixen i corren.
    The majority of people take fright and run.

Conjugation

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