rinchar

• richar

14th century. From Vulgar Latin *rehinnitulāre, from Latin hinnītāre, from hinnītus, perfect passive participle of hinniō (“I neigh”). Cognate of Spanish relinchar; compare also French hennir.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrinˈt͡ʃaɾ/

rinchar (first-person singular present rincho, first-person singular preterite rinchei, past participle rinchado)

1. to whinny
2. to neigh
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 400:

     O Ssagitario, quando o ueu, começou de dar grãdes braados et a rrinchar tã fortemẽt que toda a terra tremj́a sso seus pees

     the centaur, when he saw him, began to shout and to neigh so strongly that all the ground trembled under his feet

3. to creak or squeak
4. to crunch

rinchar m (plural rinchares)

1. neigh
   • c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 297:

     Et aly oyriades a bolta et os braados moy grandes, et o rreboluer et o bolir das gentes, et o rrinchar dos caualos, et o sonar dos cornos et dos anafijs, que esto era hũa grã maravilla.

     And being there you would hear the racket and the very high voices, and the uproar and restlessness of the people, and the neigh of the horses, and the sound of the horns and of the bugles, and all of this was a great wonder

• rinchón

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rrinchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rinchar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rinchar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “rinchar”, 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), “rinchar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “rinchar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rinchar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “relinchar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

From Vulgar Latin *rehinnitulāre, from Latin hinnītāre, from hinnītus, perfect passive participle of hinniō (“I neigh”).

• Hyphenation: rin‧char

rinchar m (plural rinchares)

1. neigh
2. (colloquial) loud or irritating laugh

rinchar (first-person singular present rincho, first-person singular preterite rinchei, past participle rinchado)

1. (intransitive) to release screams; neigh

   Synonyms: relinchar, hinir, nitrir

2. (intransitive, colloquial) to laugh loudly or annoyingly

• rincho