Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Compare with magullar (to bruise), possibly inflated with apalear (to beat up) through an intermediary form similar to apagullar

Pronunciation edit

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /apabuˈʝaɾ/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /apabuˈʎaɾ/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /apabuˈʃaɾ/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /apabuˈʒaɾ/ [a.pa.β̞uˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧pa‧bu‧llar

Verb edit

apabullar (first-person singular present apabullo, first-person singular preterite apabullé, past participle apabullado)

  1. (transitive) to overwhelm
    Synonym: abrumar

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