sotragar

Catalan

Etymology

From earlier (now dialectal) soldregar, from *soldegar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [su.tɾəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [so.tɾəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [so.tɾaˈɣaɾ]

Verb

sotragar (first-person singular present sotrago, first-person singular preterite sotraguí, past participle sotragat)

1. (transitive) to jolt, to shake
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 4, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Perquè, què podia ser aquella porta sotragada sinó la idea pura de l'horror?

     Because what could that door that was being shaken be but the pure idea of horror?

Derived terms

• sotrac
• sotraguejar

Related terms

• trac

Further reading

• “sotragar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sotragar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “sotragar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.