terebrar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terebrō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teɾeˈbɾaɾ/ [t̪e.ɾeˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: te‧re‧brar

Verb

terebrar (first-person singular present terebro, first-person singular preterite terebré, past participle terebrado)

  1. (transitive) to pierce; to penetrate; to puncture; to drill [from 16th c.]
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to trepan

Conjugation

Further reading

  • terebrar”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN