Meaning of alegrar a pestana | Babel Free

Definitions

to please or delight one's eyes

idiomatic

Examples

“Anque à prea non hègrande si ca si, ò sacristan disque à pestàna do figado se lle hiba alegrando já. Ô cont'hè, si enturra n'eso Deus me libre das suas más, que'anque eu non queira, na Coba de chantarme heche capàz.”

Although the booty is not large, in any case, the sacristan's liver's eyes, reportedly, were shinning with delight. The issue is, if he insist in this, God save me from his hands, that even if I don't want, in the grave he is capable of thrusting me

“E co esta espransa puxos'a comer con moitas ganas un bo anaco de lacón, qu'a viúda lle dou mollandoo cunha cunca de viño do Ribeiro qu'ardía nun candil, e que ll'alegrou a pestana”

And with this hope he begin to eat, eagerly, a good piece of pork shoulder that the widow gave to him, soaking it with a cup of strong Ribeiro wine that delighted his eyes

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