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esqueixar.

to rip

9 characters3 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

verb[əs.kəˈʃa]Balearic, Central, Northern[es.kejˈʃaɾ]Valencia[es.kejˈʃa]Northwestern

  1. to rip

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia
    esqueixar una tela

  2. to rip off (a branch of a plant)

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia
    han esqueixat una branca de la figuera

  3. to split or rip following the direction of the fibers (a fibrous object)

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excapsiāre, literally "to break a box", from capsa (“box, case”). Compare Sicilian scasciari (“split apart”).

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