enxugar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin exsūcāre, present active infinitive of exsūcō. Cognate with Portuguese enxugar and Spanish enjugar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [enʃuˈɣaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to wipe dry; to dry
   • 1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 89:

     enxugauam aquelas carnes et peyxes ao sol

     they dried those meats and fish in the sun

   • 1460, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Monasterio de San Salvador de Pedroso en tierras de Trasancos. Colección documental. A Coruña: Deputación Provincial, page 276:

     dita cortinna ias açerca da villa de Ferrol, onde se acustuma de lavar as redes et enxugar

     said garden is near the town of Ferrol, [at the place] where there is customary to wash and dry the nets

   • c1840, Ramón Varela Vahamonde, Conversa entre os arrieiros:

     ¡Pereirolo! ¡Santo Cristo!

     Ese en beber é doutor

     E, metido a opositor,

     Chegaba pronto á arcebispo.

     Co’aquel mirar seu mourisco,

     Zampa en vasos cal en figos,

     Ao lado de catro amigos,

     Axiña enxuga un pelexo

     Pereirolo! Holy Christ!

     He's a doctor of drinking

     and, if he would become a candidate,

     soon he'll be archbishop.

     With these Moorish looks of his,

     he gulps glasses as well as figs,

     together with four friends,

     in no time he dries a skin

   Synonym: secar

Related terms

• enxoito

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enxugar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enxug”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enxugar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enxugar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enxugar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin exsūcāre, present active infinitive of exsūcō, with a change of prefix. Compare Spanish enjugar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʃuˈɡaɾ/ [ẽ.ʃuˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʃuˈɡaɾ/ [ẽ.ʃuˈɣaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.t͡ʃuˈɡaɾ/ [ẽ.t͡ʃuˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʃuˈɡa.ɾi/ [ẽ.ʃuˈɣa.ɾi]

Verb

1. (transitive) to wipe dry
2. to slim down

Related terms

• suco

See also

• enxuto
• secar