# enxugar
## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin exsūcāre. Cognate with Portuguese enxugar and Spanish enjugar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [enʃuˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

enxugar (first-person singular present enxugo, first-person singular preterite enxuguei, past participle enxugado)
* (transitive) to wipe dry; to dry
    Synonym: secar
** 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 89:enxugauam aquelas carnes et peyxes ao solthey dried those meats and fish in the sun
** 1460, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Monasterio de San Salvador de Pedroso en tierras de Trasancos. Colección documental, A Coruña: Deputación Provincial, page 276:dita cortinna ias açerca da villa de Ferrol, onde se acustuma de lavar as redes et enxugarsaid garden is near the town of Ferrol, [at the place] where there is customary to wash and dry the nets
** c. 1840, Ramón Varela Vahamonde, Conversa entre os arrieiros:¡Pereirolo! ¡Santo Cristo! Ese en beber é doutor E, metido a opositor, Chegaba pronto á arcebispo. Co’aquel mirar seu mourisco, Zampa en vasos cal en figos, Ao lado de catro amigos, Axiña enxuga un pelexoPereirolo! Holy Christ! He's a doctor of drinking and, if he would become a candidate, soon he'll be archbishop. With these Moorish looks of his, he gulps glasses as well as figs, together with four friends, in no time he dries a skin

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* enxoito

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enxugar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enxug”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enxugar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enxugar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “enxugar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enxugar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin exsūcāre, with a change of prefix. Compare Spanish enjugar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʃuˈɡa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʃuˈɡa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.ʃuˈɡaɾ/ [ẽ.ʃuˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.ʃuˈɡaɾ/ [ẽ.ʃuˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.ʃuˈɡa.ɾi/ [ẽ.ʃuˈɣa.ɾi]

### Verb

enxugar (first-person singular present enxugo, first-person singular preterite enxuguei, past participle enxugado, short past participle enxuto)
* (transitive) to wipe dry
* to slim down

#### Conjugation

$^1$Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar. $^2$Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter. $^3$Brazilian Portuguese. $^4$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* enxugar gelo

#### Related terms

* suco

#### See also

* enxuto
* secar