labrar

From Old Galician-Portuguese lavrar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin labōrāre. Doublet of laborar.

• IPA^(key): [laˈβɾaɾ]

labrar (first-person singular present labro, first-person singular preterite labrei, past participle labrado)

1. to farm: to plough; to hoe; to plant

   Synonyms: arar, cultivar, traballar

2. to carve

   Synonym: tallar

3. to craft

   Synonym: traballar

• labra

• labrador
• labrego

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈl͈aβrər/, [ˈl͈aβrar]

labrar

1. first-person singular present subjunctive absolute of labraithir

Inherited from Latin labōrāre (“to work”). Compare the borrowed doublet laborar ‘to work, to labor’.

• IPA^(key): /laˈbɾaɾ/ [laˈβ̞ɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: la‧brar

labrar (first-person singular present labro, first-person singular preterite labré, past participle labrado)

1. to work

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:trabajar

2. to carve, to craft

   Synonym: tallar

3. to plough

   Synonym: arar

• “labrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024