esvarar

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əz.vəˈɾa/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əz.bəˈɾa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ez.vaˈɾaɾ/
• Homophone: esverar

Verb

esvarar (first-person singular present esvaro, past participle esvarat)

1. (dialectal, intransitive, reflexive) to slip, to slide

   Synonym: relliscar

2. (dialectal, intransitive) to slip up (make a mistake)

Further reading

• “esvarar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exvarō, from Latin ex- +‎ vārus (“bent outwards”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esβaˈɾaɾ/

Verb

esvarar (first-person singular present esvaro, first-person singular preterite esvarei, past participle esvarado)

1. to slide (to move on a low friction surface)
2. to slip (to lose one’s traction on a slippery surface)
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (Ed.), Crónica troiana, page 355:

     Mays esuarioulle a saeta, en tal gisa que Éytor nõ foy malchagado

     But the arrow slipped [from his hand] in such a way that Hector was not fatally wounded

References

• “esvarar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “esvarar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “esvarar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “esvarar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.