perdigar
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A verb based ultimately on Latin perdix (“partridge”), whence Spanish perdiz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
perdigar (first-person singular present perdigo, first-person singular preterite perdigué, past participle perdigado)
- to fry lighty
- 1854, Novelistas posteriores a Cervantes. Tomo 2, con un bosquejo historico sobre la novel espanola, 270: Novelistas posteriores a Cervantes. Tomo 2, con un bosquejo historico sobre la novel espanola
- Dicho y hecho, ya la huésped las ponia á perdigar; calificaron todos á nuestro poeta por hombre de buen humor.
- Said and done, the guest already put them to fry lightly; they all rated our poet as a man of good humor.
- 1854, Novelistas posteriores a Cervantes. Tomo 2, con un bosquejo historico sobre la novel espanola, 270: Novelistas posteriores a Cervantes. Tomo 2, con un bosquejo historico sobre la novel espanola
- to roast lighty
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of perdigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of perdigar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “perdiz”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 488
Further reading[edit]
- “perdigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014