lixar

Significat (anglès)

1. (transitive) to sand (with sandpaper)
2. (transitive) to polish
3. (colloquial) to screw up, to ruin
4. (colloquial,pronominal) to get screwed up, to be in difficulties

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li‧xar

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/liˈʃa(ʁ)/

Etimologia (anglès)

Uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *lixāre (“to boil”); compare Late Latin ēlixō (“to boil thoroughly”). Compare Spanish lijar.