gabar

Etymology

Probably Blend of garde +‎ barre.

Noun

gabar m (plural gabars)

1. Micronisus gabar, the gabar goshawk.

Etymology

From Galician-Portuguese gabar, documented since the 13th century; either from Old Occitan gabar, from Old French gaber, or directly from Gothic or Suevic.^[1] From Proto-Germanic *gabbaną (“to mock, jest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈβaɾ/

Verb

gabar (first-person singular present gabo, first-person singular preterite gabei, past participle gabado)

1. (transitive) to praise, laud, extol
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to brag, to boast

   Quen moito se gaba, ben delo lle falta (proverb)

   He who boasts a lot [about something], lacks a lot of it

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana, page 405:

     Aquela noyte nõ foy y tal que rrijsse, nẽ sse gabasse do que fezera, tãto forõ todos maltreytos.

     That night there were none there to laugh or to boast about the deeds of the day, so mistreated they were

3. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of gabar
4. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of gabar

References

• “gabar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “gabar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “gabar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “gabar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Romanization

gabar

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍂

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse gabb with the verbal suffix -ar. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French gaber.

Verb

gabar

1. to mock
2. to joke
3. to threaten

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “gabb”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 160, page 3

Etymology

From Occitan gabar.

Verb

gabar (first-person singular present indicative gabo, past participle gabado)

1. (transitive) to praise
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to brag, boast

   Ele se gaba de poder falar seis idiomas.

   He boasts that he can speak six languages.