berrar

From Old Galician-Portuguese berrar; either imitative or from a Latin *verrāre, from verres (“boar”). Compare Portuguese berrar, Spanish berrear and Romanian zbiera.[1]

• IPA^(key): /beˈraɾ/

berrar (first-person singular present berro, first-person singular preterite berrei, past participle berrado)

1. to troat

   Synonym: bramar

2. to shout, to talk loudly, to yell

   Non berres, que che van sentir todos! ― Don't shout, everyone will hear you!

   Synonyms: bradar, gritar, golear

3. to tell off, to rebuke

   Synonym: rifar

4. to argue angrily

   Synonym: rifar

5. to bellow; to moo, to low

   Synonyms: bruar, bruír, muar

6. to bee

   Synonym: bradar

7. to grunt

   Synonyms: gorlar, griñir, gruñir

8. to meow

   Synonyms: miar, miañar

• berro
• berro seco

• “berrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “berrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “berrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “berrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

berrar

1. present tense of berra

berrar

1. strong feminine genitive singular of berr

Either imitative or from Inherited from Vulgar Latin *verrāre, from verrēs (“boar”)[1]. Compare Spanish berrear and Romanian zbiera.

• (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): [be.ˈraɾ]

berrar (first-person singular present berro, first-person singular preterite berrei, past participle berrado)

1. to yell loudly or angrily, to scream
2. to weep loudly
3. to play a blowing horn (berrante)
4. to make sound by certain animals (such as calves, goats and buffalos)

• berra
• berração
• berrante
• berro