engrunar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Perhaps from engruna, although the noun could also be derived from the verb. If this is the case, the verb could be from a variant form of enrunar (“demolish”) with an intrusive g. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.ɡɾuˈna] IPA(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.ɡɾuˈnaɾ] === Verb === engrunar (first-person singular present engruno, first-person singular preterite engruní, past participle engrunat) (transitive) to crumble, to reduce to crumbs Synonym: esmicolar (transitive) to pick off (grains) Synonym: esgranar (figurative, transitive) to shatter, to demolish (figurative, transitive) to relate in great detail ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== engrunadís ==== Related terms ==== engruna === Further reading === “engrunar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “engrunar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. “engrunar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026