rabiar

Alternative forms

• arrabear, rabear

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese raviar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from rabia, from Latin rabiēs (“rage”). Cognate with Spanish rabiar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈβjaɾ/

Verb

rabiar (first-person singular present rabio, first-person singular preterite rabié, past participle rabiado)

1. (intransitive) to rage, to be angry

   Synonyms: enfadar, enfurecer

2. to have rabies
3. (intransitive) to suffer

   Synonym: sufrir

4. (intransitive) to be too salty, sour, hot or spiced

   Synonym: queimar

5. (transitive with por) to covet

   Synonyms: bremar, devecer

References

• “raviar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “ravia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “rabiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “rabiar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “rabiar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From noun rabia, from Latin noun rabiēs, related to Latin verb rabiō but not its descendant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ra̠ˈβ̞ ja̠ɾ], [ra̠ˈbja̠ɾ]

Verb

rabiar (first-person singular present rabio, first-person singular preterite rabié, past participle rabiado)

1. to rage, to be angry
2. to have rabies