caixalar
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Aragonese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]caixalar
- (transitive) to bite (seize or cut by clamping the teeth)
- Synonym: mosegar
- (figurative, transitive) to run down, to trash
- Synonym: mosegar
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- mueso (“bite, mouthful”)
- quixalar (“to bite”)
- mosegar (“to bite”)
- quixalada (“bite, mouthful”)
- caixalada (“bite, mouthful”)