HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of coar | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
koˈaɾ

Definitions

  1. to strain, filter
  2. Equivalent to 'Sieve': A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate...

Equivalents

English Sieve strain

Examples

“Et dizẽ os sabedores que [todolos] rrios [saem] do mar, et van [per] canos por la terra et por que a agoa sal do mar, vay se coando et adulçãdo quanto mays vay por terra espessa et se mays do mar arreda”

And the people who know say that every river exits from the sea, and goes through channels in the earth by which water comes from the sea, and it filters and sweetens the more it goes through dense earth and the more it draws away from the sea

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See all B1 Galego words →

See also

Learn this word in context

See coar used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free