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aboiar.

to work with cattle

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/a.bojˈa(ʁ)/Brazil[a.boɪ̯ˈa(h)]Brazil/a.bojˈa(ɾ)/São-Paulo[a.boɪ̯ˈa(ɾ)]São-Paulo
  1. to work with cattle

    intransitive
  2. to herd cattle by singing, to sing a herding call (aboio)

    intransitive · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old Galician-Portuguese a- Portuguese a- Portuguese boi Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese aboiar From a- + boi + -ar.

verb/a.bojˈa(ʁ)/Brazil[a.boɪ̯ˈa(h)]Brazil/a.bojˈa(ɾ)/São-Paulo[a.boɪ̯ˈa(ɾ)]São-Paulo
  1. to attach to a buoy

    transitive
  2. to float

    intransitive
  3. to hurl an object far away

    Azores
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old Galician-Portuguese a- Portuguese a- Portuguese boia Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese aboiar From a- + boia + -ar.

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