verb/peɾdiˈɡaɾ/
to fry lighty; to roast lighty
“1854, Novelistas posteriores a Cervantes. Tomo 2, con un bosquejo historico sobre la novel espanola, 270: Novelistas posteriores a Cervantes. Tomo 2, con un bosquejo historico sobre la novel espanola Dicho y hecho, ya la huésped las ponia á perdigar; calificaron todos á nuestro poeta por hombre de buen humor.” — Said and done, the guest already put them to fry lightly; they all rated our poet as a man of good humor.
A verb based ultimately on Latin perdix (“partridge”), whence Spanish perdiz.