rabear

From rabo (“tail”) +‎ -ear.

rabear (first-person singular present rabeo, first-person singular preterite rabeei, past participle rabeado)
rabear (first-person singular present rabeio, first-person singular preterite rabeei, past participle rabeado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive, of a tail) to wag
2. (intransitive) to meander; to go like a serpent

   Synonym: serpear

3. (intransitive) to be restless, to lose one's patience

   Synonym: impacientar

From rabia (“anger”) +‎ -ear.

rabear (first-person singular present rabeo, first-person singular preterite rabeei, past participle rabeado)

1. Alternative form of rabiar

• “rabear” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

rabear (first-person singular present rabeio, first-person singular preterite rabeei, past participle rabeado)

1. (intransitive, of a tail) to wag

   Synonym: menear

2. (intransitive, figurative) to move out of restlessness or because one is bothered

   Synonym: saracotear

3. (transitive) to drive a plough

• “rabear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “rabear”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024

From rabo (“tail”) +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /rabeˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ra‧be‧ar

rabear (first-person singular present rabeo, first-person singular preterite rabeé, past participle rabeado)

1. (intransitive, of a tail) to wag

   Synonym: menear

• “rabear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10