trepitjar

Meaning

  1. to tread on, to step on
  2. to crush underfoot, trample
  3. to tread grapes to make wine
  4. (figuratively) to trample, to walk all over

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[tɾə.piˈd͡ʒa]
Etymology

Apparently from dialectal trapitx (“olive oil press”), which may represent a Mozarabic development of Byzantine Greek *τραπήτιον (*trapḗtion), a diminutive of trapētus.

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