renxer

Galician

FromOld Galician-Portugueserenger,fromLatinringere(“to show one's teeth, to gape”),fromLatinringo(“I show my teeth, I gape”)(compare Latinrictus). Cognate withPortugueserangerandSpanishreñir(“to scold, to quarrel”).

renxer(first-person singular presentrenxo,first-person singular preteriterenxín,past participlerenxido)

tocreak
- 1880,Valentín Lamas Carbajal,Saudades gallegas. Colección de Versos,Ourense: La Propaganda Gallega, page92:
  turrados polos bois viñan do monterenxendoos carros
  pulled by oxen, the carts came from the hills,creaking
togrind(one's teeth)
- 1905,Antonio López Ferreiro,O niño de pombas,Santiago: Tip. Galicia, page36:
  cravando nel os ollos, coma pra atravesarlle a alma, dixollerenxendoos dentes: - Xa sabía eu que eras un ruín villán
  staring at him, as trying to pierce his soul, he told whilegrindinghis teeth: -Already I knew that you were a despicable ruffian

Conjugation ofrenxer

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo(2006–2022) “renger”,inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “renge”,inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,editor (2006–2013), “renxer”,inDicionario 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), “renxer”,inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco,editor (2014–2024), “renxer”,inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN