tremer

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tremer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tremere (“to tremble”), from Proto-Indo-European *trem- (“tremble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈmeɾ/

Verb

tremer (first-person singular present tremo, first-person singular preterite tremín, past participle tremido)
tremer (first-person singular present tremo, first-person singular preterite tremim or tremi, past participle tremido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to shake, tremble
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 400:

     O Ssagitario, quando o ueu, começou de dar grãdes braados et a rrinchar tã fortemẽt que toda a terra tremj́a sso seus pees

     the centaur, when he saw him, began to shout and to neigh so strongly that all the ground trembled under his feet

Conjugation

Derived terms

• trémbora
• tremedal
• tremesía
• tremo
• tremor

References

• “tremer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “tremer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “tremer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tremer” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “tremer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tremer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “tremer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tremer, from Latin tremere (“to tremble, to shake, to shudder at”), from Proto-Indo-European *trem- (“tremble”).

Pronunciation

Verb

tremer (first-person singular present tremo, first-person singular preterite tremi, past participle tremido)

1. to shake

Conjugation

Related terms

• tremor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tremere, from Proto-Indo-European *trem- (“tremble”).

Verb

tremer (first-person singular present tremo, first-person singular preterite tremí, past participle tremido)

1. to tremble

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

• “tremer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014