uivar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese uyvar, uyar (compare Galician ouvear), from Latin ululāre, from a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root. Doublet of ulular, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ujˈva(ʁ)/ [uɪ̯ˈva(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ujˈva(ɾ)/ [uɪ̯ˈva(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ujˈva(ʁ)/ [uɪ̯ˈva(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ujˈva(ɻ)/ [uɪ̯ˈva(ɻ)]
 

  • Hyphenation: ui‧var

Verb

uivar (first-person singular present uivo, first-person singular preterite uivei, past participle uivado)

  1. (intransitive) to howl, to utter a loud and mournful sound as dogs and wolves often do

Conjugation

See also

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