abarrar

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Latin verrĕre (to sweep away, scrape). The Royal Spanish Academy notes that an alternative etymology proposed by Corominas is from Arabic.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abaˈraɾ/ [a.β̞aˈraɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧rrar

Verb

abarrar (first-person singular present abarro, first-person singular preterite abarré, past participle abarrado)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to throw with force
    Synonym: arrojar

Conjugation

References

  1. Corriente, Federico (2019-03-11), “Boletín de información lingüística de la Real Academia Española”, in NOTAS A LOS ARABISMOS Y OTROS «EXOTISMOS» EN DLE 2014 (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy

Further reading

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