engrunar

Perhaps from engruna, although the noun could also be derived from the verb. If this is the case, the verb could be from a variant form of enrunar (“demolish”) with an intrusive g.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.ɡɾuˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.ɡɾuˈnaɾ]

engrunar (first-person singular present engruno, first-person singular preterite engruní, past participle engrunat)

1. (transitive) to crumble, to reduce to crumbs

   Synonym: esmicolar

2. (transitive) to pick off (grains)

   Synonym: esgranar

3. (figurative, transitive) to shatter, to demolish
4. (figurative, transitive) to relate in great detail

• engrunadís

• engruna

• “engrunar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “engrunar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “engrunar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025