tiritar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Of imitative origin

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ti‧ri‧tar

Verb

tiritar (first-person singular present tirito, first-person singular preterite tiritei, past participle tiritado)

  1. to shiver (to shake when cold or frightened)
    Synonym: tremer

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Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Maltese terter, Turkish titremek and Proto-Indo-European *trem-. Cognate with Portuguese tiritar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiɾiˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ti‧ri‧tar

Verb

tiritar (first-person singular present tirito, first-person singular preterite tirité, past participle tiritado)

  1. to shiver
    Synonym: taquitear
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 65:
      El Guirivilo es un animal que tiene el cuerpo parecido al del perro y la cola muy larga. Vive en los ríos, y cuando sale del agua, lo que hace pocas veces, tirita como si estuviera muriéndose de frío.
      The Guirivilo is an animal that has a body like that of a dog and a very long tail. It lives in rivers, and when it leaves the water, as it occasionally does, it shivers as if it were dying of cold.

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