soplar

Meaning

  1. to blow
  2. to tattle, to snitch
  3. to whisper
  4. to prompt
  5. to inspire

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
so‧plar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/soˈplaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Probably a semi-learned term derived from Latin sufflāre. Compare the sound changes in the inherited resollar. Alternatively from Vulgar Latin *supplāre, *sopplāre. Cf. also Portuguese soprar, French souffler.

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