cornuar-se
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom cor (“heart”) + nuar-se (“choke up”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [kur.nuˈar.sə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kor.nuˈar.sə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [koɾ.nuˈaɾ.se]
Verb
editcornuar-se (first-person singular present em cornuo, first-person singular preterite em cornuí, past participle cornuat)
- (transitive, pronominal) to choke up, to become verklempt
- 1961, Antoni Cayrol, Contalles de Cerdanya:
- Oint tals paraules, l'home del porc es cornua i es posa a plorar.
- Hearing those words, the swineherd choked up and began to cry.
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “cornuar-se” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.