alangrear

• hangrear, lancrexar, langrear

Attested since circa 1850. Unknown.

• IPA^(key):

alangrear (first-person singular present alangreo, first-person singular preterite alangreei, past participle alangreado)
alangrear (first-person singular present alangreio, first-person singular preterite alangreei, past participle alangreado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to starve

   Synonym: esfamear

   • c. 1850, Florencio Pol, Parrafeo de Quintas:

     Pois pouco lle importa ver Que estamos alangreando
     Con tal que eles poidan ser Os donos do noso gando

     Little they care watching us as we starve
     As long as they can be the owners of our cattle

2. to covet
3. to wail, groan; to complain

   Synonyms: laiar, lanxir

• langrán

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alangrear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “alangrear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alangrear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alangrear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN