cacarexar
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese cacarejar and Spanish cacarear.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cacarexar (first-person singular present cacarexo, first-person singular preterite cacarexei, past participle cacarexado)
- to cackle
- Cacarexar moito e non poñer ovo (proverb)
- Much ado about nothing
- (literally, “To cackle a lot and not lay an egg”)
- (figurative) to boast
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cacarexar
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References edit
- “cacarexar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cacarexar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cacarexar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.