debullar

Galician

Alternative forms

• desbullar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese debullar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *depoliāre, from Latin dēspoliō, dēspoliāre (“to plunder”). Doublet of esbullar and despoxar.

Compare Portuguese debulhar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deβuˈʎaɾ/

Verb

debullar (first-person singular present debullo, first-person singular preterite debullei, past participle debullado)

1. (transitive) to pluck, shell, separate the grain from the straw, husk or corncob, usually by hand

   Synonyms: debagar, deluvar

   • 1911, Francisco Portela Pérez, O pé da lareira:

     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

2. (transitive, archaic) to plunder
   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 262:

     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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of debullar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	debullar
Personal	debullar	debullares	debullar	debullarmos	debullardes	debullaren
Gerund
	debullando
Past participle
Masculine	debullado			debullados
Feminine	debullada			debulladas
Indicative
Present	debullo	debullas	debulla	debullamos	debullades	debullan
Imperfect	debullaba	debullabas	debullaba	debullabamos	debullabades	debullaban
Preterite	debullei	debullaches	debullou	debullamos	debullastes	debullaron
Pluperfect	debullara	debullaras	debullara	debullaramos	debullarades	debullaran
Future	debullarei	debullarás	debullará	debullaremos	debullaredes	debullarán
Conditional	debullaría	debullarías	debullaría	debullariamos	debullariades	debullarían
Subjunctive
Present	debulle	debulles	debulle	debullemos	debulledes	debullen
Imperfect	debullase	debullases	debullase	debullásemos	debullásedes	debullasen
Future	debullar	debullares	debullar	debullarmos	debullardes	debullaren
Imperative
Affirmative		debulla	debulle	debullemos	debullade	debullen
Negative (non)		non debulles	non debulle	non debullemos	non debulledes	non debullen

Related terms

• esbullar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “debullar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “desbul”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “debullar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “debullar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “debullar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN