esquitllar

Back-formation from resquitllar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.kiʎˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.kiˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.kiˈʎaɾ]

esquitllar (first-person singular present esquitllo, first-person singular preterite esquitllí, past participle esquitllat)

1. (transitive) to shell (remove the shell from)
2. (pronominal) to slip
3. (pronominal) to slip by, to slide past; to slip away, clear off

• (shell): esclofollar
• (slip): lliscar
• (slip away): escapolir-se

• “esquitllar”, 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