esmiuzar

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

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

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

1. to tear into pieces; to grind

   Synonyms: esnaquizar, relar

• minucia

• 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