bramar

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bramjan).

Verb

bramar (first-person singular present bramo, past participle bramat)

1. to roar, to bellow
2. to bray
3. of an animal, to make its cry

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bramjan), from Proto-Germanic *bremaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make noise”). Cognate with Spanish bramar, French bramer, Italian bramire, Old English bremman (“to roar, rage”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾaˈmaɾ/

Verb

bramar (first-person singular present bramo, first-person singular preterite bramei, past participle bramado)

1. to roar, to bellow
2. to troat (a deer)

References

• “bramido” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “bramar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “bramar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “bramar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

Borrowed from French bramer, Italian bramire, Spanish bramar, ultimately from Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bramjan), from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /braˈmar/
• Hyphenation: bra‧mar

Verb

bramar (present tense bramas, past tense bramis, future tense bramos, imperative bramez, conditional bramus)

1. (intransitive) to make the characteristic call of any animal: to bellow; low; bray; bleat; neigh
2. (figuratively) to roar, yell

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bramar

		present		past		future
infinitive		bramar		bramir		bramor
tense		bramas		bramis		bramos
conditional		bramus
imperative		bramez
adjective active participle		bramanta		braminta		bramonta
adverbial active participle		bramante		braminte		bramonte
nominal active participle	singular	bramanto		braminto		bramonto
	plural	bramanti		braminti		bramonti

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bramjan). See also Old English bremman, Old High German brëman, Middle Low German brammen, French bramer.

Verb

bramar (first-person singular present bramo, first-person singular preterite bramé, past participle bramado)

1. to roar, to bellow, to trumpet