humillar
Galician edit
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Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese omillar (Cantigas de Santa Maria, 13th century); from Late Latin humiliāre, present active infinitive of humiliō, from humus (“ground, soil”). Compare Portuguese humilhar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
humillar (first-person singular present humillo, first-person singular preterite humillei, past participle humillado)
- (transitive) to humiliate
- Synonym: vexar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to humble, to abase
- Synonym: abaixar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to bow, to lower, to salute
- Synonym: abaixar
- 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 642:
- Et, quando forõ ante dona Xemena, o mouro omillouse a ela et a suas fillas, et quiso beyiar as mãos a dona Xemena; mays ela nõ llas quiso dar.
- And when they were before lady Xemena, the Moor man bowed before her and her daughters, and he wanted to kiss lady Xemena,s hands, but she didn't allow him to.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of humillar
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Further reading edit
- “humillar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
References edit
- “omillar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “omill” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “humillar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “humillar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Altered from Old Spanish homillar, a borrowing from Late Latin humiliāre.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: hu‧mi‧llar
Verb edit
humillar (first-person singular present humillo, first-person singular preterite humillé, past participle humillado)
- (transitive) to humiliate
- Synonym: (Mexico) sobajar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of humillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of humillar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “humillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “humilde”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 426