aullar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from an older *ullar, from Vulgar Latin *ūl(ŭ)lāre, from Latin ululāre, ultimately from a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root. Doublet of the borrowed ulular.[1] Cognate with English ululate.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /auˈʝaɾ/ [au̯ˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /auˈʎaɾ/ [au̯ˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /auˈʃaɾ/ [au̯ˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /auˈʒaɾ/ [au̯ˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: au‧llar

Verb

aullar (first-person singular present aúllo, first-person singular preterite aullé, past participle aullado)

  1. (intransitive) to howl, bay

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