esgrimir

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əz.ɡɾiˈmi/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ez.ɡɾiˈmiɾ/

Verb

esgrimir (first-person singular present esgrimeixo, past participle esgrimit)

  1. (transitive) to brandish (a weapon)
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to propose; to put forward (arguments)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From esgrima + -ir.

Verb

esgrimir (first-person singular present indicative esgrimo, past participle esgrimido)

  1. to fight with a bladed weapon
  2. (transitive) to brandish (a weapon) threateningly
  3. (sports, intransitive) to fence (to engage in the sport of fencing)
  4. (figuratively, transitive) to propose; to put forward (arguments)
    • 2016 December 3, João Pedro Pereira, “Negociações com Tesla envolvem centros de inovação tecnológica”, in Público:
      Houve também movimentos criados através das redes sociais para tentar promover a vinda da empresa para Portugal e alguns municípios já esgrimiram argumentos para acolher um eventual investimento americano.
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  5. (figuratively, intransitive) to discuss

Conjugation


Spanish

Verb

esgrimir (first-person singular present esgrimo, first-person singular preterite esgrimí, past participle esgrimido)

  1. to brandish
  2. to use (an argument)

Conjugation

      Derived terms

      Further reading

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