berrar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese berrar; either imitative or from a Latin *verrāre, from verres (boar). Compare Portuguese berrar, Spanish berrear and Romanian zbiera.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈraɾ/

Verb

berrar (first-person singular present berro, first-person singular preterite berrei, past participle berrado)

  1. to troat
    Synonym: bramar
  2. to shout, to talk loudly, to yell
    Non berres, que che van sentir todos!Don't shout, everyone will hear you!
    Synonyms: bradar, gritar
  3. to tell off, to rebuke
    Synonym: rifar
  4. to argue angrily
    Synonym: rifar
  5. to bellow; to moo, to low
    Synonyms: bruar, bruír, muar
  6. to bee
    Synonym: bradar
  7. to grunt
    Synonyms: gorlar, griñir, gruñir
  8. to meow
    Synonyms: miar, miañar

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References

  • berrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • berrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • berrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • berrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. berrear.

Portuguese

Etymology

Either imitative or from a Latin root *verrāre, from verres (boar)[1]. Compare Spanish berrear and Romanian zbiera.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): [bɯ.ˈʀaɾ]
  • (Paulista) IPA(key): [be.ˈʁa(ɹ)], IPA(key): [be.ˈhaɹ]
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): [be.ˈʁa(ɻ)], IPA(key): [be.ˈhaɻ]
  • (Gaúcho) IPA(key): [be.ˈraɾ]
  • (Carioca) IPA(key): [be.ˈha(χ)]
  • (Carioca) IPA(key): [be.ˈhaː]

Verb

berrar (first-person singular present indicative berro, past participle berrado)

  1. to yell loudly or angrily, to scream
  2. to weep loudly
  3. to play a blowing horn (berrante)
  4. to make sound by certain animal (such as calves, goats and buffalos)

Conjugation

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References

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