# bramar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*bramjan), from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [bɾəˈma]
* IPA: (Valencia) [bɾaˈmaɾ]

### Verb

bramar (first-person singular present bramo, first-person singular preterite bramí, past participle bramat)
* to roar, bellow
* to bray
* to make its cry (of an animal)

#### Derived terms

* bram
* bramular
* esbramegar

### Further reading

* “bramar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “bramar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “bramar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “bramar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*bramjan), from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną, *bremaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make noise”).
Cognate with Occitan bramar, Spanish bramar, French bramer, Italian bramire, Old English bremman (“to roar, rage”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɾaˈmaɾ/

### Verb

bramar (first-person singular present bramo, first-person singular preterite bramei, past participle bramado)
* to troat (a deer)
* to roar, bellow

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Synonyms

* berrar, bradar, bruar

#### Derived terms

* brama (“deer mating season”)
* bramido (“troat”)

#### Related terms

* bremar

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bramido”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bramar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “bramar”, 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), “bramar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “bramar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bramar”, 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) “bramar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bramer, Italian bramire, Spanish bramar, ultimately from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*bramjan), from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /braˈmar/
* Hyphenation: bra‧mar

### Verb

bramar (present tense bramas, past tense bramis, future tense bramos, imperative bramez, conditional bramus)
* (intransitive) to make the characteristic call of any animal: to bellow; to low; to bray; to bleat; to neigh
* (figuratively) to roar, yell

#### Derived terms

* bramo (“bellowing; lowing; braying; bleating; neighing; roaring, yelling”)

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*bramjan), from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną. See also Old English bremman, Old High German brëman, Middle Low German brammen, French bramer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɾaˈmaɾ/ [bɾaˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: bra‧mar

### Verb

bramar (first-person singular present bramo, first-person singular preterite bramé, past participle bramado)
* to roar, bellow, trumpet

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### See also

* rugir

### Further reading

* “bramar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10