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esmechar

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Galician

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Etymology

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    From es- + mecha + -ar.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    esmechar (first-person singular present esmecho, first-person singular preterite esmechei, past participle esmechado)

    1. (of the sun, the heat) to burn, parch
      • 1911, Francisco Portela Pérez, O pé da lareira:
        Levábamos andado seis ou oito horas cun calor que esmechaba
        We have been walking for six or eight hours with a burning heat
    2. to hurt, open a wound in the head
    3. (idiomatic) to taste extraordinarily good

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