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birbar

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Alteration of minvar (“to diminish”).

Verb

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birbar (first-person singular present birbo, first-person singular preterite birbĂ­, past participle birbat)

  1. (transitive) to weed (out)
    Synonym: eixarcolar
    • 1978, Alfons CucĂł Giner et al., La qĂźestiĂł agrĂ ria al PaĂ­s ValenciĂ :
      Fins i tot, s'arriba a prendre solucions dràstiques, com ara deixar de birbar l'arròs...perquè hom considera que els diners que es treuran de la collita no compensen els treballs i costos d'aquesta feina.
      One even ends up taking drastic solutions, such as now giving up on weeding the rice...because one considers that the money which will be made from the harvest doesn't compensate for the labour and costs of this work.

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