esclafir
Appearance
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variation of esclafar (“crush”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]esclafir (first-person singular present esclafeixo, first-person singular preterite esclafí, past participle esclafit)
- (intransitive) to crack, to burst
- El fuet gegantí del cotxer esclafia sense parar.
- The coachman's gigantic whip cracked without stopping.
- Van esclafir a riure.
- They burst out laughing.
- (transitive) to crack, to snap
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of esclafir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “esclafir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.