# berrar
## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beˈraɾ/

### Verb

berrar (first-person singular present berro, first-person singular preterite berrei, past participle berrado)
* to troat
    Synonym: bramar
* to shout, to talk loudly, to yell
    Synonyms: bradar, gritar, golear
    Non berres, que che van sentir todos! ― Don't shout, everyone will hear you!
* to tell off, to rebuke
    Synonym: rifar
* to argue angrily
    Synonym: rifar
* to bellow; to moo, to low
    Synonyms: bruar, bruír, muar
* to bee
    Synonym: bradar
* to grunt
    Synonyms: gorlar, griñir, gruñir
* to meow
    Synonyms: miar, miañar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* berro
* berro seco

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “berrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “berrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “berrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “berrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “berrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “berrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “berrear”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

berrar
* present of berra

## Old Norse
### Adjective

berrar
* strong feminine genitive singular of berr

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /beˈʁa(ʁ)/ [beˈha(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /beˈʁa(ʁ)/ [beˈha(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /beˈʁa(ɾ)/ [beˈha(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /beˈʁa(ʁ)/ [beˈχa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /beˈʁa(ɻ)/ [beˈha(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɨˈʁaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɨˈʁaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /bɨˈʁa.ɾi/
* (Rio Grande do Sul) IPA: [be.ˈraɾ]

### Verb

berrar (first-person singular present berro, first-person singular preterite berrei, past participle berrado)
* to yell loudly or angrily, to scream
* to weep loudly
* to play a blowing horn (berrante)
* to make sound by certain animals (such as calves, goats and buffalos)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* berra
* berração
* berrante
* berro

### References

* ↑ “berrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025