abocar

• aboucar

abocar (first-person singular indicative present aboco, past participle abocáu)

1. to confront (someone)

   Synonym: engarriar

2. to throw up

   Synonym: vomitar

3. to get injured in the head

   Synonym: ferir

4. to astonish, to astound

   Synonym: plasmar

From a- +‎ boca (“mouth”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βuˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.boˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.boˈkaɾ]

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abocar (first-person singular present aboco, first-person singular preterite aboquí, past participle abocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to join by the mouth
2. (transitive) to pour, to decant
3. (transitive) to pour out, to empty
4. (benefactive, pronominal) to pour for oneself

   S'abocà cafè i es begué d'un glop la tassa.

   She poured herself coffee and drank the cup in one swallow.

5. (reflexive) to empty (out)

   El Duero s'aboca a l'oceà. ― The Duero empties into the ocean.

   La ciutat s'anava omplint de tardor i lentament s'abocava a l'hivern.

   The city would be filling up in the fall and slowly empty out in winter.

6. (pronominal) to swarm, to gather

   Tot el poble s'aboca a participar en el festival.

   The whole village gathers to participate in the festival.

7. (pronominal) to abandon oneself, to indulge oneself [with a ‘to’]

   Synonym: lliurar-se

• abocador
• abocament

• “abocar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “abocar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “abocar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “abocar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

a- +‎ boca +‎ -ar

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abocar

1. to pour (a liquid)

From a- +‎ boca +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /aboˈkaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧bo‧car
• Homophone: avocar

abocar (first-person singular present aboco, first-person singular preterite aboqué, past participle abocado)

1. (transitive) to pour from one container to another
2. (transitive, dated) to seize or grab with the mouth

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