esguizar

Galician

Alternative forms

• esguiçar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esguiçar, from es- +‎ guizo (“twig, splinter”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esɣiˈθaɾ/

Verb

esguizar (first-person singular present esguizo, first-person singular preterite esguicei, past participle esguizado)

1. to break off; to tear off

   Synonyms: esgallar, esgazar

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 467:

     et rrasgauã et esgiçauã seus briaes, et depenauã os cabelos, et desfazíã os rrostros et os peytos, et maldezíã as auẽturas et as propheçías et as promesas dos dioses et das deesas.

     and they torn and broke off their own bliauts, and plucked their hairs, and destroyed faces and breasts, and they damned the adventures and prophecies and promises of gods and godesses

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esguizar (c-z alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	esguizar
Personal	esguizar	esguizares	esguizar	esguizarmos	esguizardes	esguizaren
Gerund
	esguizando
Past participle
Masculine	esguizado			esguizados
Feminine	esguizada			esguizadas
Indicative
Present	esguizo	esguizas	esguiza	esguizamos	esguizades	esguizan
Imperfect	esguizaba	esguizabas	esguizaba	esguizabamos	esguizabades	esguizaban
Preterite	esguicei	esguizaches	esguizou	esguizamos	esguizastes	esguizaron
Pluperfect	esguizara	esguizaras	esguizara	esguizaramos	esguizarades	esguizaran
Future	esguizarei	esguizarás	esguizará	esguizaremos	esguizaredes	esguizarán
Conditional	esguizaría	esguizarías	esguizaría	esguizariamos	esguizariades	esguizarían
Subjunctive
Present	esguice	esguices	esguice	esguicemos	esguicedes	esguicen
Imperfect	esguizase	esguizases	esguizase	esguizásemos	esguizásedes	esguizasen
Future	esguizar	esguizares	esguizar	esguizarmos	esguizardes	esguizaren
Imperative
Affirmative		esguiza	esguice	esguicemos	esguizade	esguicen
Negative (non)		non esguices	non esguice	non esguicemos	non esguicedes	non esguicen

Related terms

• guizo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esguiçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “esguiçar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esguizar”, 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), “esguizar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esguizar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN