espellucar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *expiluc(i)cāre, ultimately from Latin pilāre (“remove hair”). By surface analysis, es- +‎ pellucar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əs.pə.ʎuˈka] IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.pe.ʎuˈkaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [es.pe.ʎuˈka] === Verb === espellucar (first-person singular present espelluco, first-person singular preterite espelluquí, past participle espellucat) to pluck fruit (from a tree, etc.) to investigate something in detail ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “espellucar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)