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arrequeixar

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Galician

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Etymology

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13th century. From requeixo (cornered place), probably influenced by queixar (to complain).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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arrequeixar (first-person singular present arrequeixo, first-person singular preterite arrequeixei, past participle arrequeixado)

  1. (transitive, dated) to corner
    • 1292, Anselomo López Carreira (ed.), Documentos do arquivo da catedral de Ourense (1289-1399), doc. 7:
      Depoys desto estes que aquy dirá e outros da villa de Ourense correron de pus Fernan Dominguez da rua Nova [...] arrequeyxaron no na igleia de Seyxallvo
      After this, this people that we are going to mention and others ran after Fernán Domnínguez da Rúa Nova [...] and cornered him inside the church of Seixalbo.
  2. to distress; to feel discomfort

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