guerrear

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese guerrejar (13th c., Cantigas de Santa Maria), Inherited from Vulgar Latin *werrizāre. Derivable from guerra (war) +‎ -ear (verb-forming suffix).

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Verb

guerrear (first-person singular present guerreo, first-person singular preterite guerreei, past participle guerreado)
guerrear (first-person singular present guerreio, first-person singular preterite guerreei, past participle guerreado, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to wage war
  2. to fight
    • 1460, J. A. Souto Cabo, editor, Crónica de Santa María de Íria, Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 106:
      vieron çen nabes armadas de normanos a Galiza, et guerrearõ por tres años et destroyron a terra
      a hundred ship armed with Norsemen came to Galicia, and they fought for three years and wasted the land

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *werrizāre. Derivable from guerra (war) +‎ -ear (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • (Alentejo, Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɐriˈaɾ/ (as if spelled "garrear")
  • Hyphenation: guer‧re‧ar

Verb

guerrear (first-person singular present guerreio, first-person singular preterite guerreei, past participle guerreado)

  1. to wage war
  2. to fight
  3. (Alentejo, Algarve, Azores) to bicker, to argue

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *werrizāre. Derivable from guerra (war) +‎ -ear (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡereˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: gue‧rre‧ar

Verb

guerrear (first-person singular present guerreo, first-person singular preterite guerreé, past participle guerreado)

  1. to wage war
  2. to fight

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