Asturian

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Alternative forms

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  • ergayar (Casu, Ayer, Los Argüeyos)
  • argaxar (Quirós, Ḷḷena, Teberga, Somiedu, Cuarto de los Valles)
  • arguexar (Riosa)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aɾɡaˈʝaɾ/, [aɾ.ɣ̞aˈʝaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ga‧yar

Verb

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argayar

  1. (intransitive) to produce a landslide (to fall the rocks)
  2. to crack
  3. to collapse, come to nothing

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Asturian argayar or from argayo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /aɾɡaˈʝaɾ/ [aɾ.ɣ̞aˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aɾɡaˈʃaɾ/ [aɾ.ɣ̞aˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aɾɡaˈʒaɾ/ [aɾ.ɣ̞aˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ar‧ga‧yar

Verb

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argayar (first-person singular present argayo, first-person singular preterite argayé, past participle argayado)

  1. (intransitive) to produce a landslide

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Further reading

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