remugar

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to ruminate (to chew cud)
  2. (intransitive) to grumble, to complain in a low voice

Synonyms

Pronounced as (IPA)
[rə.muˈɣa]
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan remugar, from pre-literary */rumeˈɡaɾ/, from Latin rūmigāre. Metathesis of /u/ and /e/ by influence of the prefix re- (with the semantic nuance of repetition). First attested in the early 14th c. Doublet of rumiar, a Castilianism.

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