gabar

See also: Gabar and ġabar

French

Etymology

Probably Blend of garde +‎ barre.

Noun

gabar m (plural gabars)

1. Micronisus gabar, the gabar goshawk.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese gabar (13th century); either from Old Occitan gabar, from Old French gaber, or directly from Gothic or Suevic. From Proto-Germanic *gabbaną (“to mock, jest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈβaɾ/

Verb

gabar (first-person singular present gabo, first-person singular preterite gabei, past participle gabado)

1. (transitive) to praise, laud, extol

   Antes que probedes, non gabedes. (proverb) ― Before you prove, don't praise.

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to brag, to boast

   Quen moito se gaba, ben delo lle falta (proverb) ― He who boasts a lot [about something], lacks a lot of it

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana, page 405:

     Aquela noyte nõ foy y tal que rrijsse, nẽ sse gabasse do que fezera, tãto forõ todos maltreytos.

     That night there were none there to laugh or to boast about the deeds of the day, so mistreated they were

   • 1470, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, page 362:

     tódolos outros diseron juntamente que esteueram no arroydo e que uiran matar ao irmao de Gonçaluo Roíz e seu cunhado e outros pyós e que uiram tyrar a Fernán de Sam Payo, e dyserom que ele fezera muytas fyrydas e matara ó dito Gonçaluo Roz, e que ouuera muitos dynheyros dos ditos fynados, e mais diseron que se gauaba que de XX tyros que tyrara que todos empregara, saluo dous

     all the rest said altogether that they were at the riot and that they saw how Gonzalvo Rois' brother, and his brother-in-law, and other pawns, were killed; and that they saw Fernán de Sampaio shooting; and they said that he caused many wounds and that he killed the aforementioned Gonzalvo Rois, and that he took many moneys from the dead; and they added that he was boasting that of twenty shots he had thrown, all but two had hit the mark

3. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of gabar
4. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of gabar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gabar

infinitive			gabar
gerund			gabando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		gabado		gabados
		feminine		gabada		gabadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	gabo	gabas	gaba	gabamos	gabades	gaban
	imperfect	gababa	gababas	gababa	gababamos	gababades	gababan
	preterite	gabei	gabaches	gabou	gabamos	gabastes	gabaron
	pluperfect	gabara	gabaras	gabara	gabaramos	gabarades	gabaran
	future	gabarei	gabarás	gabará	gabaremos	gabaredes	gabarán
	conditional	gabaría	gabarías	gabaría	gabariamos	gabariades	gabarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	gabe	gabes	gabe	gabemos	gabedes	gaben
	preterite	gabase	gabases	gabase	gabásemos	gabásedes	gabasen
	future	gabar	gabares	gabar	gabarmos	gabardes	gabaren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	gaba	gabe	gabemos	gabade	gaben
	negative	—	gabes	gabe	gabemos	gabedes	gaben
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		gabar	gabares	gabar	gabarmos	gabardes	gabaren

Derived terms

• gabadela (“little praise”)
• gabanza (“praise”)

References

• “gabar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “gab-” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “gabar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “gabar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “gabar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Gothic

Romanization

gabar

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍂

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Old Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse gabb with the verbal suffix -ar. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French gaber.

Verb

gabar

1. to mock
2. to joke
3. to threaten

Descendants

• Catalan: gabar
• Occitan: gabar
• → Old Portuguese: gabar
  • Galician: gabar
  • Portuguese: gabar

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “gabb”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 160, page 3

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Occitan gabar.

Verb

gabar (first-person singular present indicative gabo, past participle gabado)

1. (transitive) to praise
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to brag, boast

   Ele se gaba de poder falar seis idiomas.

   He boasts that he can speak six languages.

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb gabar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	gabar
Personal	gabar	gabares	gabar	gabarmos	gabardes	gabarem
Gerund
	gabando
Past participle
Masculine	gabado			gabados
Feminine	gabada			gabadas
Indicative
Present	gabo	gabas	gaba	gabamos	gabais	gabam
Imperfect	gabava	gabavas	gabava	gabávamos	gabáveis	gabavam
Preterite	gabei	gabaste	gabou	gabamos gabámos	gabastes	gabaram
Pluperfect	gabara	gabaras	gabara	gabáramos	gabáreis	gabaram
Future	gabarei	gabarás	gabará	gabaremos	gabareis	gabarão
Conditional
	gabaria	gabarias	gabaria	gabaríamos	gabaríeis	gabariam
Subjunctive
Present	gabe	gabes	gabe	gabemos	gabeis	gabem
Imperfect	gabasse	gabasses	gabasse	gabássemos	gabásseis	gabassem
Future	gabar	gabares	gabar	gabarmos	gabardes	gabarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	gaba	gabe	gabemos	gabai	gabem
Negative (não)	-	gabes	gabe	gabemos	gabeis	gabem

Synonyms

• (to brag): ufanar

Derived terms

• enquanto não acabes, não te gabes
• gabarola
• gabarolice