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Meaning of debullar | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
deβuˈʎaɾ

Definitions

  1. to pluck, shell, separate the grain from the straw, husk or corncob, usually by hand
    transitive
  2. to plunder
    archaic, transitive

Equivalents

English shell

Examples

“Rosiña, filla dos vellos, entretíñase en debullar dos carozos os graus do millo da última cosecha.”

Little Rose, daughter of the old couple, entertained herself plucking the last harvest maize grains from the cob

“vyña a todos grande dapno e perjuiso e desonrra e vitoperio de asy seeren desbullados e desapoderados de seus bees contra rasón e dereito”

a great harm came over all of them, and prejudice, dishonor and vituperation, because of them being bereft and dispossessed of their properties against reason and right

CEFR level

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