aboiar

From a- +‎ boia (“buoy”) +‎ -ar, or perhaps borrowed from Catalan aboiar.

• IPA^(key): /aboˈjaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈjaɾ]
• IPA^(key): /abɔˈjaɾ/ [a.β̞ɔˈjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧bo‧iar

aboiar (first-person singular present aboio, first-person singular preterite aboiei, past participle aboiado)

1. (intransitive) to float

   Synonym: flotar

2. (transitive) to buoy

• boia

From a- +‎ boi (“ox”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /aboˈjaɾ/ [a.β̞oˈjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧bo‧iar

aboiar (first-person singular present aboio, first-person singular preterite aboiei, past participle aboiado)

1. (intransitive, of cows) to be in heat
2. (transitive, of cattle) to cover

   Synonyms: almallar, atourear, montar

• boia

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aboiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aboiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aboiar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “aboiar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “aboiar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).