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)

  1. (transitive, agriculture) to thresh (to separate the grain from the straw or husks)
    Synonyms: malhar, espalhar

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • debulhar-se em lágrimas

Further reading