quixalar
Aragonese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From queixo (“lower maxillar”), from Vulgar Latin capseum (“box-like”), from capsa (“box”) and capsus (“wagon body”), or possibly directly from this last one. Compare Catalan queixalar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiʃaˈla(ɾ)/
- Syllabification: qui‧xa‧lar
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
quixalar
- (transitive) to bite (seize or cut by clamping the teeth)
- Synonym: mosegar
- (figurative, transitive) to run down, to trash
- Synonym: mosegar
Derived terms
Related terms
- mueso (“bite, mouthful”)
- caixalar (“to bite”)
- mosegar (“to bite”)
- quixalada (“bite, mouthful”)
- caixalada (“bite, mouthful”)