debullar

Galician

Alternative forms

  • desbullar

Etymology

13th century. From Old Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese debulhar), from Vulgar Latin *depoliāre, from Latin dēspoliō, dēspoliāre (“to plunder”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deβuˈʎaɾ/

Verb

debullar (first-person singular present debullo, first-person singular preterite debullei, past participle debullado)

  1. (transitive) to separate the grain from the straw or husk, usually by hand
    Synonyms: debagar, deluvar
  2. (transitive, archaic) to plunder
    • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 262:
      vyña a todos grande dapno e perjuiso e desonrra e vitoperio de asy seeren desbullados e desapoderados de seus bees contra rasón e dereito
      a great harm came over all of them, and prejudice, dishonor and vituperation, because of them being bereft and dispossessed of their properties against reason and right

Conjugation

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