purica

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • pureca

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin root *pūlicāre, from Latin pūlex, pūlicem. Compare Aromanian puric, puricari, Logudorese puligare, Sardinian pulicare. Compare also Italian piluccare, Catalan pellucar, French éplucher, which are probably from a different source, however.

Verb

a purica (third-person singular present purică, past participle puricat) 1st conj.

  1. (popular, familiar) to clean of fleas
  2. (figuratively) to examine very attentively

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • puricare

See also

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