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University of Vigo

English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



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In Galician
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- cherish, cherished, cherry, cherub, cherubim, chess, chess-board, chest, chestnut, chew, chic, Chicano, chick, chicken, chiding, chief, chiefly, chieftain, chieftainship


chew


- transitive verb
- mastigar

EN He chews the gum which I believe is not done in good circles.
GL E mastiga goma de mascar, que é algo que non se adoita facer nos mellores círculos, que digamos.
- Fonte: ASA (1062)
- morder

EN That was what he had been in prison for and he remembered that one night Sergeant O'Neill had come to the house and had stood in the hall, talking in a low voice with his father and chewing nervously at the chinstrap of his cap.
GL Por iso fora que estivera na cadea e Stephen lembraba que unha noite o sarxento O'Neill viñera á casa e ficara no limiar, falando co seu pai en voz baixa e mordendo nervosamente a correa da pucha.
- Fonte: RET (816)
.....--- to chew the fat
- porse de palique

EN For a second, I was tempted to tell her to forget about the matinée. But we chewed the fat for a while.
GL Por un segundo estiven a pique de dicirlle que esquecese o asunto, pero puxémonos de palique.
- Fonte: VIX (3528)
.....--- chewing gum
- goma de mascar

EN Some are now dreaming of being able to make an identikit picture of a criminal just from a piece of chewing gum found near the scene of the crime.
GL Algúns dos seus representantes soñan con poder efectua-lo retrato falado dun criminal a partir dunha simple goma de mascar atopada no lugar do crime.
- Fonte: C09 (976)