lixar
- (transitive) to sand (with sandpaper)
- (transitive) to polish
- (colloquial) to screw up, to ruin
- (colloquial, pronominal) to get screwed up, to be in difficulties
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/liˈʃa(ʁ)/
Etymology
In summary
Uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *lixāre (“to boil”); compare Late Latin ēlixō (“to boil thoroughly”). Compare Spanish lijar.
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abschmirgeln
poncer
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