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zurcir

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin sarciō. Cognate with Portuguese cerzir and Spanish zurcir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [θuɾˈθiɾ], (western) [suɾˈsiɾ]

Verb

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zurcir (first-person singular present zurzo, first-person singular preterite zurcín, past participle zurcido)

  1. (transitive, sewing) to darn; to mend (repair by stitching with thread or yarn)
    • 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:
      o rebes
      bin fazer a un cordobes
      y a outro sibillano
      abofe sinon me engano
      ca lle'surziron o ynbes
      pola treta
      que figeron y a gineta
      sobre duas burras pardas
      o sacaron sobre albardas
      e diante ua tronpeta
      The contrary thing I saw done to one Cordobese and one Sevillian kids; certainly, If I'm not mistaken, they darned them in the underside because of the trickery they did: they mounted them on two brown donkeys on packsaddles and paraded them, and ahead a trumpet

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From surcir (to darn, to mend).

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Verb

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zurcir (first-person singular present zurzo, first-person singular preterite zurcí, past participle zurcido)

  1. (transitive, sewing) to darn; to mend (repair by stitching with thread or yarn)
  2. (Spain, colloquial) to screw
    ¡Que te zurzan!Screw you!

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