apurrar

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from apurrir (to put closer), from Latin porrigō.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a.pu.ˈraɾ]

Verb

apurrar (first-person singular present apurro, first-person singular preterite apurrei, past participle apurrado)

  1. to incite, stir up (a dog against someone)
    Synonym: encirrar
  2. to incite, egg on (a person)
    Synonym: empurrar
  3. to stir
    Synonym: afalar

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “emburriar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos