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Meaning of espellifar | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
[əs.pə.ʎiˈfa]

Definitions

  1. to wear out, to shred (especially of clothing)
    transitive
  2. to wear out, fray
    pronominal

Examples

“La senyora Anna no sempre col·laborava en la confecció de la pilota, que durava fins que les puntades de peu de la quitxalla l'espellifaven i la convertien en el trist i esventrat cadàver del que, més o menys perfecta, havia estat una esfera.”

Mrs Anna didn't always collaborate in the fashioning of the ball, which lasted until the kicks of the mob of children wore it out and converted into a sad, disemboweled corpse what had been a more-or-less perfect sphere.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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