berrar

Meaning

  1. to yell loudly or angrily, to scream
  2. to weep loudly
  3. to play a blowing horn (berrante)
  4. to make sound by certain animals (such as calves, goats and buffalos)

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/beˈʁa(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

Either imitative or inherited from Vulgar Latin *verrāre, from verrēs (“boar”). Compare Spanish berrear and Romanian zbiera.

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