depenar

Alternative forms

• despenar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese depenar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). From de- (“off”) +‎ pena (“feather; fur”). Cognate with Portuguese depenar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /depeˈnaɾ/

Verb

depenar (first-person singular present depeno, first-person singular preterite depenei, past participle depenado)

1. to pluck (feathers, leaves, etc)
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 506:

     Et Paris tã grã doo et tã grã pessar auj́a del que se quisera matar cõ ssua espada, et caýo amortezido, et rronpía seus pãnos, et depenaua seus cabelos

     And Paris had such pain and such sorrow because of him, that he wanted to kill himself with the sword, and he fell deadened, and he was tearing his clothes and plucking his hair

   Synonym: depenicar

2. to peel

   Synonyms: deluvar, estonar, mondar, pelar

References

• “depenar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “depena” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “depenar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “depenar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “depenar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Verb

depenar (first-person singular present indicative depeno, past participle depenado)

1. to pluck (remove feathers from)