dixerir

dixerir

1. to digest

From Latin dīgerere (“to separate; to distribute”).

dixerir (first-person singular present dixiro, third-person singular present dixire, first-person singular preterite dixerín, past participle dixerido)

1. to digest (to break down and absorb food in the alimentary canal)

   As vacas poden dixerir a herba.

   Cows can digest grass.

2. (figurative) to digest (to think over and arrange methodically in the mind)

   Non conseguía dixerir a información.

   He couldn’t digest the information.

3. (figurative) to deal with; to come to terms with; to cope

   El aínda non dixeriu a morte da mai.

   He still hasn’t come to terms with his mother’s death.

• dixestión

• “dixerir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024