zumbar

Onomatopoeic.

• Rhymes: -aɾ

zumbar (first-person singular present zumbo, first-person singular preterite zumbei, past participle zumbado)

1. to hit repeatedly, to pound

   Synonyms: bater, bourar

   Cando vaias de parranda / non te esquezas do caneco / bótalle un litro de viño / non che vaia quedar seco / e zúmballe ao caneco... (folk song)

   Whenever you go in a spree / don't forget about your pitcher / put a litre of wine in it / lest it be dry / and hit the pitcher...

2. (intransitive) to hum; to buzz

   Synonym: zoar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zumbar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “zumbar”, 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), “zumbar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zumbar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Onomatopoeic. Portuguese zombar, French vrombir.

• IPA^(key): /θumˈbaɾ/ [θũmˈbaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sumˈbaɾ/ [sũmˈbaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: zum‧bar

zumbar (first-person singular present zumbo, first-person singular preterite zumbé, past participle zumbado)

1. (intransitive) to hum; to buzz

   Synonym: zurriar

2. (transitive) to hit
3. (transitive) to mock
4. (colloquial) to screw, shag (have sex)

• “zumbar”, 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