graznar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin (Iberian dialect) *gracināre, related to Late Latin gracitāre and gracillāre, from the same imitative/onomatopoetic root as Latin graculus (jackdaw).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡɾaθˈnaɾ/ [ɡɾaθ̬ˈnaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡɾasˈnaɾ/ [ɡɾazˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: graz‧nar

Verb

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graznar (first-person singular present grazno, first-person singular preterite grazné, past participle graznado)

  1. to squawk
  2. to caw

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos

Further reading

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