perorar

Borrowed from Latin perōrāre (“to speak at length”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pə.ɾuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pə.ɾoˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pe.ɾoˈɾaɾ]

perorar (first-person singular present peroro, first-person singular preterite perorí, past participle perorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (intransitive) to make a speech, perorate
2. (intransitive, colloquial) to talk as if making a speech, rant

• orar
• peroració

• “perorar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “perorar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “perorar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “perorar”, 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

From Latin perōrāre.

• IPA^(key): /peɾoˈɾaɾ/ [pe.ɾoˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧ro‧rar

perorar (first-person singular present peroro, first-person singular preterite peroré, past participle perorado)

1. (intransitive) to make a speech
2. (intransitive, colloquial) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• “perorar”, 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