uivar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese uyvar, uyar (compare Galician ouvear), from Latin ululāre, present active infinitive of ululō, from a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European [Term?] imitative root. Doublet of ulular, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /uj.ˈvaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: ui‧var

Verb

uivar (first-person singular present indicative uivo, past participle uivado)

  1. (intransitive) to howl, to utter a loud and mournful sound as dogs and wolves often do

Conjugation

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