debulhar
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- desbulhar
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese debullar (compare Galician debullar), from Vulgar Latin *dēpoliāre, from Latin dēspoliāre. Doublet of despojar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.buˈʎa(ʁ)/ [de.buˈʎa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.buˈʎa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.buˈʎa(ʁ)/ [de.buˈʎa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.buˈʎa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.buˈʎaɾ/ [dɨ.βuˈʎaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.buˈʎa.ɾi/ [dɨ.βuˈʎa.ɾi]
Verb
debulhar (first-person singular present debulho, first-person singular preterite debulhei, past participle debulhado)
- (transitive, agriculture) to thresh (to separate the grain from the straw or husks)
Conjugation
Conjugation of debulhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- debulhar-se em lágrimas
Related terms
Further reading
- “debulhar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “debulhar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025