larpar
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From lapar, maybe under the influence of a derivative of Proto-Germanic *slarpaną (“to sip, slurp”), this from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- (“to sip, slurp, gulp”), cognate with Latin sorbere (“to suck up, imbibe, absorb”), whence sorber (“to sip”).
Pronunciation
Verb
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- to slurp; to eat noisily or compulsively
- to lap
- (figurative) to rob
Conjugation
Synonyms
Derived terms
- larpada (“candy; delicatessen”)
- larpán (“gourmand”)
- larpeiro (“gourmand”)
- larpeira (“a pie of custard cream”)
- larpeirada (“candy; delicatessen”)
References
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
- “larpar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.