bruar

Galician

FWOTD – 12 July 2017

Alternative forms

• broar, bruiar, bruxar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bruyar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *brugāre if cognate to French bruire (“to roar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾuˈaɾ/

Verb

bruar (first-person singular present brúo, first-person singular preterite bruei, past participle bruado)
bruar (first-person singular present bruo, first-person singular preterite bruei, past participle bruado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) Of a bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound, specially when on heat or angry; to bellow

   Synonyms: bruír, burdiar, reburdiar

2. (intransitive) to roar (to emit a deep and long sound such as the voice of a large animal)

   Synonyms: bradar, bramar, zoar

3. to grunt (also figuratively)
   • 1810, José Fernández y Neira, Proezas de Galicia, page 9:

     ti ves cómo brúa un xabalín cando se ve acosado dos càs? pois así dice que che bruaba, e pateaba ese Sul

     Do you know how a wild boar grunts when hounded by the dogs? so they say that this Sul [a French Napoleonic general] grunted and floundered

4. (of the wind) to howl; to hum

   Synonym: zoar

5. to blow a horn

   Synonym: ornear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bruar (u becomes ú when stressed)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bruar
Personal	bruar	bruares	bruar	bruarmos	bruardes	bruaren
Gerund
	bruando
Past participle
Masculine	bruado			bruados
Feminine	bruada			bruadas
Indicative
Present	brúo	brúas	brúa	bruamos	bruades	brúan
Imperfect	bruaba	bruabas	bruaba	bruabamos	bruabades	bruaban
Preterite	bruei	bruaches	bruou	bruamos	bruastes	bruaron
Pluperfect	bruara	bruaras	bruara	bruaramos	bruarades	bruaran
Future	bruarei	bruarás	bruará	bruaremos	bruaredes	bruarán
Conditional	bruaría	bruarías	bruaría	bruariamos	bruariades	bruarían
Subjunctive
Present	brúe	brúes	brúe	bruemos	bruedes	brúen
Imperfect	bruase	bruases	bruase	bruásemos	bruásedes	bruasen
Future	bruar	bruares	bruar	bruarmos	bruardes	bruaren
Imperative
Affirmative		brúa	brúe	bruemos	bruade	brúen
Negative (non)		non brúes	non brúe	non bruemos	non bruedes	non brúen

    Reintegrated conjugation of bruar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bruar
Personal	bruar	bruares	bruar	bruarmos	bruardes	bruarem
Gerund
	bruando
Past participle
Masculine	bruado			bruados
Feminine	bruada			bruadas
Indicative
Present	bruo	bruas	brua	bruamos	bruades, bruais	bruam
Imperfect	bruava	bruavas	bruava	bruávamos	bruávades, bruáveis, bruávais1	bruavam
Preterite	bruei	bruaste, bruache1	bruou	bruamos	bruastes	bruárom, bruaram
Pluperfect	bruara	bruaras	bruara	bruáramos	bruárades, bruáreis, bruárais1	bruaram
Future	bruarei	bruarás	bruará	bruaremos	bruaredes, bruareis	bruarám, bruarão
Conditional	bruaria	bruarias	bruaria	bruaríamos	bruaríades, bruaríeis, bruaríais1	bruariam
Subjunctive
Present	brue	brues	brue	bruemos	bruedes, brueis	bruem
Imperfect	bruasse	bruasses	bruasse	bruássemos	bruássedes, bruásseis	bruassem
Future	bruar	bruares	bruar	bruarmos	bruardes	bruarem
Imperative
Affirmative		brua	brue	bruemos	bruade, bruai	bruem
Negative (nom)		nom brues	nom brue	nom bruemos	nom bruedes, nom brueis	nom bruem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• brúa
• bruazo
• bruión
• brúo

Related terms

• bruír

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bruyar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bruy”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bruar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bruyar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “bruar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bruar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bruar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN