abouxar

• abrouxar

Unknown. Attested since 1746. Perhaps onomatopoeic;^[1] but compare Latin baubārī (“to bark”) and French aboyer. Alternatively, if related to Spanish abuchear, then from Old French huchier.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /abowˈʃaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧bou‧xar

abouxar (first-person singular present abouxo, first-person singular preterite abouxei, past participle abouxado)

1. (transitive) to pester; to stun; to daze (with a loud sound or through babble)
   • 1755, a private letter (Corpus Gondomar 59):

     Meu irmanciño, ai moitos coreos que non lle escribin por nono abougar con tantas cartas

     My little brother, there are some posts that I do not write to you for not pestering you with so many letters

   Synonyms: abourar, aturuxar

2. (transitive) to deafen

   Synonyms: axordar, enxordecer

3. to drive away

• abouxo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abouxar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abrouxar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abouxar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abouxar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN