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Meaning of afeitar | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
afejˈtaɾ

Definitions

  1. to primp; to adorn
    archaic
  2. to shave
  3. to sharpen
  4. Equivalent to 'Shave': An exorbitant discount on a note.

Equivalents

English Shave

Examples

“o pauõ mostra a vida dos rricos, que ẽnobreçẽ, et afeytam, et cõpoem suas deanteyras et leyxam descuberta moy torpemẽte sua postromaria”

the peacocks show the lifestyle of the rich people, who grace, and adorn, and set up their front sides and let their backsides clumsily uncovered

“Conta a estoria que, estando Lope d'Arenas hũu dia afeyt[ã]do sua barua...”

The story tells that, being Lope de Arenas one day shaving his beard...

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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