apelucar

Asturian

Alternative forms

• pelucar
• apelugar (Cabu Peñes)
• apilucar (Riosa, Teberga)
• pilucar (Teberga)

Verb

apelucar (first-person singular indicative present apeluco, past participle apelucáu)

1. to pluck by hand (spelt ears, leaves, flowers or fruits), to pick up a fruit (plucking it from the tree)

   Xubi ende a apelucar les mazanes de la pumar

   Go up there to pick the apples from the apple tree

   • 1932, Fabriciano "Fabricio" González García, Campesina:

     Pelucando arbeyos,

     Plucking peas

2. to pick up the remaining spelt ears, that are left behind after the main harvest or after threshing
   • 1891, Unknown, Refranes Asturianos:

     Apelucái, mios neños, si queréis mantenevos.

     Go harvest (the remains of the harvest), my children, if you want to survive.

   • 1926, Pepín de Pría, Nel y Flor, los dos rapazos:

     y Flor diva pelucando pel trillu que Nel fixera,

     and Flor was picking after the threshing that Nel had done,

3. to leave someone penniless (especially because of gambling)
4. to gnaw something until there's no more, to eat something quickly, to gobble up

   Apilucó'l chorizu nun menutu

   He gobbled up the chorizo ​​in a minute

5. to finish off (kill)

   La enfermedá apelucólu en cuatro dís

   The disease finished him off in four days

6. to get a haircut

References

• “apelucar” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.