abocar

a- +‎ boca (“mouth”) +‎ -ar

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ə.boˈka/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ə.buˈka/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.boˈkaɾ/

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abocar (first-person singular present aboco, past participle abocat)

1. (transitive) to join by the mouth
2. (transitive) to pour, to decant
3. (transitive) to pour out, to empty
4. (benefactive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to pour for oneself

   S'abocà cafè i es begué d'un glop la tassa.

   She poured herself coffee and drank the cup in one swallow.

5. (reflexive) to empty (out)

   El Duero s'aboca a l'oceà. ― The Duero empties into the ocean.

   La ciutat s'anava omplint de tardor i lentament s'abocava a l'hivern.

   The city would be filling up in the fall and slowly empty out in winter.

6. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to swarm, to gather

   Tot el poble s'aboca a participar en el festival.

   The whole village gathers to participate in the festival.

7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to abandon oneself (a to), to indulge oneself

   Synonym: lliurar-se

• abocador
• abocament

• “abocar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “abocar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “abocar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “abocar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

a- +‎ boca +‎ -ar

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abocar

1. to pour (a liquid)

From a- +‎ boca +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /aboˈkaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bo‧car
• Homophone: avocar

abocar (first-person singular present aboco, first-person singular preterite aboqué, past participle abocado)

1. (transitive) to pour from one container to another
2. (transitive, dated) to seize or grab with the mouth

• “abocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014