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gratar

/ɡɾaˈtaɾ/

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verb/ɡɾaˈtaɾ/

to clean or polish with a wire brush

El herrero grató la pieza de metal para darle un acabado suave.The blacksmith polished the piece of metal to give it a smooth finish.

Related: grata

Borrowed from Occitan or Provençal gratar (“to scratch”), of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gred-, see also English scratch.