mexer

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese mecer, mexer, from Latin miscēre (“to mix”). Cognate with Portuguese mexer and Spanish mecer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈʃeɾ/

Verb

1. (intransitive, dated) to mix together; to intermingle

   Synonym: mesturar

   • 1282, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 390:

     vendo essa mia herdade que iaz a su a uossa granja de Penellas, untre anballas aguas dos regueyrus que per y corren d'ona parte et da outra, et uay firir áás mestas u se anbus estes regeyrus mexen

     I sell my property that is next to your farm of Penelas, in between both waters of the streams that flow there, and its perimeter comes to the confluence where both this streams mix together

2. (transitive) to stir; to move

   Synonyms: anazar, remexer, revolver

3. (intransitive, figurative) to investigate; to snoop

   Synonym: remexer

Related terms

• mesto (“dense”)
• mestas (“confluence”)
• remexer (“to stir, move”)

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mexen”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “mexer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mecer, from Latin miscēre, present active infinitive of misceō (“I mix”). Compare Spanish mecer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.ˈʃe(ʁ)/, /me.ˈʃe(ɾ)/
• IPA^(key): /mɨ.ˈʃeɾ/
• Hyphenation: me‧xer

Verb

1. (transitive) to move, to mess with, to put your hands on

   Não mexas nas minhas coisas. — “Don't move my stuff.”

   Esse filme mexeu comigo. — “That movie moved (touched) me.”

   Para de te mexer! — “Stop moving! Stand still!”

2. (transitive) to fiddle with

   Estava mexendo no meu celular. — “I was fiddling with my cell phone.”

Related terms

• mesclar
• mestiço
• misto
• mistura