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Spanish
Etymology
From cabrilla + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kabɾiʝeˈaɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kabɾiʎeˈaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kabɾiʃeˈaɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kabɾiʒeˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧bri‧lle‧ar
Verb
cabrillear (first-person singular present cabrilleo, first-person singular preterite cabrilleé, past participle cabrilleado)
- to glimmer
- (relating to the sea) to produce small waves
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