asollar

Galician

Alternative forms

  • asoallar, asonllar, soallar, sollar.

Etymology

From sol (sun). Compare Spanish solear.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asoˈʎaɾ/

Verb

asollar (first-person singular present asollo, first-person singular preterite asollei, past participle asollado)

  1. (intransitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to sunbathe
    Rubiéns ó mar, vellas a asollar. (proverb)
    Afterglow over the sea, old ladies will sunbathe. [In Galicia rain usually comes from the Atlantic ocean, at the west; reddish at the sunset usually means that a centre of high pressure over the Atlantic NE is preventing the rain of reaching Galicia].
  2. (transitive) to sun
    Ese home non asolla os cartos!
    That man doesn't sun his money![i.e., he is stingy]

Conjugation

References

  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “sol”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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