Meaning of "Desgranar"
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In all the dictionaries I have looked in (including spanishdict) desgranar means to thresh, shell, sort etc. However I am reading a book written in spanish in which "desgranar" is used to refer to a period of time: "desgranaban los días" "desgranaba nocturnos". can anyone tell me what it means in this context? I think the author is from Barcelona, if that helps at all.
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updated Apr 22, 2010
posted by texasgecko
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Hey, oh fellow lizard!
If you think about it, the metaphor makes sense. When you thresh corn, particularly by hand, you are removing the individual kernels and dropping them on a bowl or basket. Now get hold of a month,or a year, and start pulling the days off, letting them drop in a bowl... Tick-tick-tick..tick...tick-tick... can you see it?
updated Apr 22, 2010
posted by Gekkosan
that does make sense. thanks for the help! - texasgecko, Apr 22, 2010
