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rapar.

to shave

5 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

verb/raˈpaɾ/

  1. to shave

  2. to shear

  3. to scrape together dough

  4. to level (with the brim)

  5. to snatch

Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese rapar (“to shave”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌰𐍀𐍉𐌽 (*hrapōn), from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną (“to scrape”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb- (“to turn; to touch”). Doublet of rafar.

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