esburgar

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

15th century. From Latin expurgāre (“to purify, clean”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esβuɾˈɣaɾ/

Verb

esburgar (first-person singular present esburgo, first-person singular preterite esburguei, past participle esburgado)

  1. to peel
    • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 95:
      Para esto ual moito as fauas esbrugadas sen tona et ben coitas
      To this end it is very helpful [to use] peeled beans, without skin, well cooked

Conjugation

  • burgazo (“chestnut that has been boiled with its inner peel”)

References

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