berrar

Meaning

1. to troat
2. to shout, to talk loudly, to yell
3. to tell off, to rebuke
4. to argue angrily
5. to bellow; to moo, to low
6. to bee
7. to grunt
8. to meow

Pronounced as (IPA)

/beˈraɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin:

Cognate with Portuguese: berrar

Cognate with Spanish: berrear

Cognate with Romanian: zbiera

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese berrar; either imitative or from a Latin *verrāre, from verres (“boar”). Compare Portuguese berrar, Spanish berrear and Romanian zbiera.