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espetec

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Deverbal from espetegar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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espetec m (plural espetecs)

  1. something breaking
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 3, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Rere meu vaig sentir un espetec: havien trencat els vidres de la finestra oposada.
      Behind me I heard something breaking: they had broken the glass in the window at the other side.
  2. (figurative) burst
    espetec d'aiguacloudburst
    • 1928, Carles Riba, Sis Joans:
      En sentir-se l'espetec dels trets, el pare d'En Joan va tenir un gran surt.
      Hearing the burst of footsteps gave Joan's father a real start.
  3. (in the plural) fuss
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 17, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Em vaig restablir menjant faves de llauna. Feia espetecs amb els llavis i l'Aneris m'obeïa d'immediat. Va desparar la taula, i va despullar-se a corre-cuita.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. (dialectal) fuet (type of long thin sausage)

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