toar

Attested since the 17th century. From Latin tonāre.

• IPA^(key): /toˈaɾ/

toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toei, past participle toado)

1. to resound

   Synonyms: resoar, soar

   • 1697, Fabián Pardiñas, Eu oín a meus avós:

     Pero tamen me dijeron
     Si o nacer do sol toaba
     Cas moitas luces do dia
     Todo o raudal istiñaban.

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2. to thunder

   Synonym: tronar

3. (figurative) to give signs of life
   • 1922, Armando Cotarelo Valledor, Trebón, page 46:

     ¡Señor! ... ¡Señor! ... ¡Non toa! ... ¡Finou se! ... !Morreo!

     Milord!...Milord!...He doesn't give sings of life! ... He has passed away!... He has died!

• tronar
• trono

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “toar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “toar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “toar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From to (“two”) +‎ -ar (“-er”). Akin to English twoer.

toar m (definite singular toaren, indefinite plural toarar, definite plural toarane)

1. the number two
2. anyone or anything being designated the value or number of 2
   1. a specific route or line (in e.g. a public transport system), designated the number 2.
   2. an academic grade, specifically –
      1. (Norway, high school) A grade (in a scale from 1 to 6, where 6 is the best)
      2. (Norway, historical) A grade (in a scale from 1 to 6, where 1 is the best)
   3. (sports) any contestant carrying in a race the starting number of 2 in a race.
   4. the contestant either occupying second place at any given time, or achieving second place in the end.
      1. (by extension) a sidekick
   5. (card games, etc.) a playing card, chip or similar with the value of 2.
   6. (dice games) a roll of the die with the value of two, or the two-pipped side of the die.
3. (rowing, nautical) a two-rower racing shell in competitive rowing
4. (definite singular, euphemistic, vulgar) the anus, rectum

• “toar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “toer” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• Tora, orat, orta, roat, rota, tora

Borrowed from Latin tonāre.

toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toei, past participle toado) (intransitive)

1. to rumble
2. to resound, to resonate
3. to match, to accord, to harmonize
4. (music) to harmonize, to concord
5. to make (an impression)
6. to please

• “toar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “toar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

From toa +‎ -ar.

toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toei, past participle toado)

1. (transitive) to tow

• “toar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Unknown

• IPA^(key): /toˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: to‧ar

toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toé, past participle toado)

1. to tow

• “toar”, 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