latir

From Medieval Latin glattire, present active infinitive of glattiō (“yelp, bark”), from Latin latrō (“I bark”).

• IPA^(key): [laˈtiɾ]

latir (first-person singular present lato, first-person singular preterite latín, past participle latido)

1. (intransitive, of dogs) to bark or yelp while chasing
2. (intransitive) to throb

   Synonyms: latexar, palpitar

• “latir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “latir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “latir” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Inherited from Latin glattīre (“yelp, bark”); compare Latin lātrō (“to bark”).

latir (first-person singular present lato, first-person singular preterite lati, past participle latido)

1. (of dogs) to bark

   Synonym: ladrar

2. (by extension) to shout

   Synonym: gritar

3. (rare) to beat, throb

   Synonym: palpitar

• latido

From Latin glattīre (“yelp, bark”), of onomatopoeic origin.

• IPA^(key): /laˈtiɾ/ [laˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: la‧tir

latir (first-person singular present lato, first-person singular preterite latí, past participle latido)

1. to beat, throb (said of a heart)
2. (of a dog) to bark

   Synonym: ladrar

3. (Mexico) to sound good, to spark interest

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