zurrar

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic. Cognate with Spanish zurrar.

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zurrar (first-person singular present zurro, first-person singular preterite zurrei, past participle zurrado)

  1. to thrash, thwack
    Synonyms: bater, bourar, brear, zoscar, zoupar

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

Verb[edit]

zurrar (first-person singular present zurro, first-person singular preterite zurrei, past participle zurrado)

  1. (intransitive) to bray (of a donkey: to make its cry)
    Synonym: ornejar

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θuˈraɾ/ [θuˈraɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /suˈraɾ/ [suˈraɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: zu‧rrar

Verb[edit]

zurrar (first-person singular present zurro, first-person singular preterite zurré, past participle zurrado)

  1. to thrash, thwack
  2. to reprimand harshly; to inflict corporal punishment
  3. (reflexive) to soil oneself; to be so frightened as to metaphorically do so
  4. (possibly dated) to fart noiselessly; to pump wind

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Further reading[edit]

  • zurrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Edwin B. Williams (1968) The New College Spanish and English Dictionary, United States: Amsco School Publications
  • Inglés sin Barreras: Diccionario Webster-Velázquez, Los Angeles: Lexicon, 1999