barallar

From Late Latin baraliare (“dispute, quarrel”), probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Cognate to Spanish barajar, Galician barallar and Portuguese baralhar.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bə.ɾəˈʎa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ba.ɾaˈʎaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

barallar (first-person singular present barallo, past participle barallat)

1. (transitive) to shuffle (mix up cards in a random order)
2. (reflexive) to fight, to argue

   Synonym: disputar-se

3. (reflexive) to fight, to brawl

• baralla
• barallós

• “barallar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “barallar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “barallar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “barallar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “baralhar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Attested at least since the 11th century in Latin Medieval charters.[1] From baralla (“argument, discussion; fight”).

• IPA^(key): /baɾaˈʎaɾ/

barallar (first-person singular present barallo, first-person singular preterite barallei, past participle barallado)

1. (transitive) to shuffle (mix up cards in a random order)
2. (intransitive) to noisily arge or discuss
3. (intransitive) to talk too much, usually profitless; to chatter; to prattle
4. (intransitive, dated) to fight

With the meaning "to shuffle", the form baraxar, adapted from Spanish barajar, is more commonly used.

• “barallar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “baral” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “barallar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “barallar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “barallar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.