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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

lixar.

to sand (with sandpaper)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/liˈʃa(ʁ)/Brazil[liˈʃa(h)]Brazil/liˈʃa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/liˈʃa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to sand (with sandpaper)

    transitive
    Ainda falta lixar o batente.
  2. to polish

    transitive
  3. to screw up, to ruin

    colloquial
  4. to get screwed up, to be in difficulties

    colloquial · pronominal
Where this word comes from

Uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *lixāre (“to boil”); compare Late Latin ēlixō (“to boil thoroughly”). Compare Spanish lijar.

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