encirrar

Galician

Alternative forms

  • encilar, enzurrar

Etymology

Unknown. Probably a metathesis of an earlier *enriçar. Compare Portuguese acirrar and Spanish enrizar.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [en.θi.ˈraɾ], (western) [en.si.ˈraɾ]

Verb

encirrar (first-person singular present encirro, first-person singular preterite encirrei, past participle encirrado)

  1. to incite, stir up (a dog against someone)
    Synonyms: apurrar, retar
  2. (figurative) to incite, to sow discord

Conjugation

References

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