berrar

From Old Galician-Portuguese berrar; either imitative or from a Latin *verrāre, from verres (“boar”). Compare Portuguese berrar, Spanish berrear and Romanian zbiera.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /beˈraɾ/

berrar (first-person singular present berro, first-person singular preterite berrei, past participle berrado)

1. to troat

   Synonym: bramar

2. to shout, to talk loudly, to yell

   Synonyms: bradar, gritar, golear

   Non berres, que che van sentir todos! ― Don't shout, everyone will hear you!

3. to tell off, to rebuke

   Synonym: rifar

4. to argue angrily

   Synonym: rifar

5. to bellow; to moo, to low

   Synonyms: bruar, bruír, muar

6. to bee

   Synonym: bradar

7. to grunt

   Synonyms: gorlar, griñir, gruñir

8. to meow

   Synonyms: miar, miañar

• berro
• berro seco

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “berrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “berrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “berrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “berrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “berrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “berrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

berrar

1. present of berra

berrar

1. strong feminine genitive singular of berr

Either imitative or inherited from Vulgar Latin *verrāre, from verrēs (“boar”).^[1] Compare Spanish berrear and Romanian zbiera.

• (Rio Grande do Sul) IPA^(key): /beˈʁa(ɾ)/ [beˈha(ɾ)]

berrar (first-person singular present berro, first-person singular preterite berrei, past participle berrado)

1. to yell loudly or angrily, to scream
2. to weep loudly
3. to play a blowing horn (berrante)
4. to make sound by certain animals (such as calves, goats and buffalos)