alarido

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Perhaps onomatopoeic, related to alalá,[1] or either from Arabic عَرِيض (ʕarīḍ).

Pronunciation

Noun

alarido m (plural alaridos)

  1. yell
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 861:
      com̃o estauam sen sospeyta, chegarõ aos madeyros, et ante que se os cristãos huuyassem a perceber nẽ chegar y, ouuerõ elles atado muy fortes sogas a hũu madeyro et arrincarõno; et foronse asi cõ el a muy gran pressa, dando uozes et allaridos.
      as they were unaware, they arrived to the ships, and before the Christians noticed or came by, they had tied strong ropes to a ship and pulled it out; and they went away hastily with it, shouting and yelling
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 561:
      Et começou o torneo a creçer tãto, et a seer o acapelamento tã grande, et a uolta et os braados et os alaridos et os sõos dos cornos et das tronpas tã grandes et tã esquiuos que ome nõ se podía oýr
      And the tournament began to grow so much, and the carnage was so large, and the din and the shouts and the yells and the sound of the horns and of the trumpets so big and harsh that a man couldn't heard himself

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “alarido”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Spanish alarido.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧la‧ri‧do

Noun

alarido m (plural alaridos)

  1. clamor, shriek
    Synonyms: algazarra, gritaria

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Portuguese alarido.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alaˈɾido/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧ri‧do

Noun

alarido m (plural alaridos)

  1. shriek, shout
    Synonym: clamor

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