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shpė|la'·n vt 1 to wash away [ ]; wash [ ] clean; rinse, rinse off/out/away [ ] 2 [Iron] to consume the entire contents of a food/drink container: eat [ ] clean, drink [ ] dry 3 [Fig] to pay off one's obligation in respect to [ ], discharge [a debt/duty] 4 (of moving bowels) to purge, clean out [ ] • i shpėla·n duart nga {} to have nothing more to do with {a person}: wash one's hands of {} • <> shpėla·n hambarėt/kazanėt "clean out <>'s granary/cauldron" to eat <> out of house and home • <>a shpėla·n kokėn "rinse out <>'s head" to rid <> of the crazy ideas <> in <>'s head • [ ] shpėlaftė mortja/kolera! [Curse] "May death/plague wash [ ] away!" I hope [ ] dies! * shpė|la'q|ėt adj (i) = shpėla'rė shpė|la'|r|a np (tė) fem 1 dirty dishwater 2 [Euph] menstrual flow, menses |