esmiuzar

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from es- + Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre, derived from Latin minūtus. Compare Portuguese esmiuçar and Spanish desmenuzar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esmi.uˈθaɾ/, (western) /esmi.uˈsaɾ/

Verb

esmiuzar (first-person singular present esmiúzo, first-person singular preterite esmiucei, past participle esmiuzado)

to tear into pieces; to grind
Synonyms: esnaquizar, relar

Conjugation

Conjugation of esmiuzar (u becomes ú when stressed; c-z alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	esmiuzar
Personal	esmiuzar	esmiuzares	esmiuzar	esmiuzarmos	esmiuzardes	esmiuzaren
Gerund
	esmiuzando
Past participle
Masculine	esmiuzado			esmiuzados
Feminine	esmiuzada			esmiuzadas
Indicative
Present	esmiúzo	esmiúzas	esmiúza	esmiuzamos	esmiuzades	esmiúzan
Imperfect	esmiuzaba	esmiuzabas	esmiuzaba	esmiuzabamos	esmiuzabades	esmiuzaban
Preterite	esmiucei	esmiuzaches	esmiuzou	esmiuzamos	esmiuzastes	esmiuzaron
Pluperfect	esmiuzara	esmiuzaras	esmiuzara	esmiuzaramos	esmiuzarades	esmiuzaran
Future	esmiuzarei	esmiuzarás	esmiuzará	esmiuzaremos	esmiuzaredes	esmiuzarán
Conditional	esmiuzaría	esmiuzarías	esmiuzaría	esmiuzariamos	esmiuzariades	esmiuzarían
Subjunctive
Present	esmiúce	esmiúces	esmiúce	esmiucemos	esmiucedes	esmiúcen
Imperfect	esmiuzase	esmiuzases	esmiuzase	esmiuzásemos	esmiuzásedes	esmiuzasen
Future	esmiuzar	esmiuzares	esmiuzar	esmiuzarmos	esmiuzardes	esmiuzaren
Imperative
Affirmative		esmiúza	esmiúce	esmiucemos	esmiuzade	esmiúcen
Negative (non)		non esmiúces	non esmiúce	non esmiucemos	non esmiucedes	non esmiúcen

Related terms

minucia

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esmiuzar”, 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), “esmiuzar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega