estavellar
Catalan
Etymology
From es- + tavella (“seedpod”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /əs.tə.vəˈʎa/
- (Central) IPA(key): /əs.tə.bəˈʎa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /es.ta.veˈʎaɾ/
Verb
estavellar
- (transitive) to shell (to remove the husk from)
- (transitive) to smash, to shatter
- (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to smash, to shatter
Derived terms
- estavellament
Further reading
- “estavellar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.