despregar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese despregar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from des- +‎ pregar: compare Portuguese despregar and Spanish desplegar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [despɾeˈɣaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to unfurl
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 512:

     Et alí cõmeçarõ de tanger moytas tronpas et moytos anafíjs, et quen alý tragía sina ou pendóm alý o despregaua et tendía

     And then many trumps and trumpets were blown, and whoever was carrying an ensign or pennon, there he unfurled and stretched it

   Synonyms: desencartar, desfaldrar

2. (transitive) to deploy
3. (transitive, dated) to unstick, unpin

   Synonym: despegar

Related terms

• pregar
• prego

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “despregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “despreg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “despregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “despregar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “despregar”, 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 des- +‎ pregar.

Verb

1. to unstick, unpin

   Antonym: pregar

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