barallar

Inherited from Late Latin baraliare (“dispute, quarrel”), probably from Paleo-Hispanic. Cognate to Spanish barajar, Galician barallar and Portuguese baralhar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bə.ɾəˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ba.ɾaˈʎaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

barallar (first-person singular present barallo, first-person singular preterite barallí, past participle barallat)

1. (transitive) to shuffle (mix up cards in a random order)
2. (reflexive) to fight, to argue

   Synonym: disputar-se

3. (reflexive) to fight, to brawl

• baralla
• barallós

• “barallar”, 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
• “barallar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “barallar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “barallar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “baralhar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese barallar, which was attested in the 11th century in Latin Medieval charters.^[1] From baralla (“argument, discussion; fight”).

• IPA^(key): /baɾaˈʎaɾ/

barallar (first-person singular present barallo, first-person singular preterite barallei, past participle barallado)

1. (transitive) to shuffle (mix up cards in a random order)
2. (intransitive) to noisily arge or discuss
3. (intransitive) to talk too much, usually profitless; to chatter; to prattle
4. (intransitive, dated) to fight

With the meaning "to shuffle", the form baraxar, adapted from Spanish barajar, is more commonly used.

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “barallar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “baral”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “barallar”, 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), “barallar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “barallar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN