How do you say “to crush” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say aclapa, brigaia, cacha, escracha, escrapouchina, espóuti. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | aclapa, brigaia, cacha, escracha, escrapouchina, espóuti, trissa |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
aclapa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to shroud, to bury, to overwhelm, to fill, to collapse, to bury, to inter, to overload, to crush |
brigaia
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to crush; to split up |
cacha
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to hide, to break, to crunch, to crush, to bruise, to oppress, to parry, to press, to beat down, to slice, to squash |
escracha
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to crunch, to crush; to boo |
escrapouchina
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to crush |
espóuti
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to pulp, to crush, to bruise; to smash |
trissa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to grind, to pound, to pulverize, to triturate, to crush, to bruise |