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gratar.

to clean or polish with a wire brush

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡɾaˈtaɾ/[ɡɾaˈt̪aɾ]
  1. to clean or polish with a wire brush

    transitive
    El herrero grató la pieza de metal para darle un acabado suave.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Occitan or Provençal gratar (“to scratch”), of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gred-, see also English scratch.

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