chirriar
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
chirriar (first-person singular present chirrío, first-person singular preterite chirrié, past participle chirriado)
- (intransitive) to squeak, to creak, to screech (to emit a short, high-pitched sound)
- Synonym: chirrear
- (intransitive, of birds, crickets etc.) to chirp (to make a short, sharp, cheerful note)
- 1905, La chicharra y la rana:
- Entre las tupidas hojas de un árbol la chicharra chirriaba.
- Among the dense leaves of a tree, the cicada was chirping.
- (intransitive, figurative) to be grating or abrasive
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of chirriar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “chirriar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014