abarrar

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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/
  • 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 March 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, archived from the original on 17 December 2020

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