rebillar

Galician

Alternative forms

• rabillo

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from rabo (“tail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reβiˈʎaɾ]

Verb

rebillar (first-person singular present rebillo, first-person singular preterite rebillei, past participle rebillado)

1. (intransitive) to kick; to vigorously agitate the legs or tail

   Synonym: espernear

   • 1822, anonymous author, A Parola Polêteca:

     Arriva meu pau das tundas,
     abaixô meu pau tundeiro,
     que logo veremos os libres
     rebillar no colgadeiro.

     up my beatings' club
     down my club of beating,
     soon we'll see them
     shaking legs on the hanger

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rebillar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	rebillar
Personal	rebillar	rebillares	rebillar	rebillarmos	rebillardes	rebillaren
Gerund
	rebillando
Past participle
Masculine	rebillado			rebillados
Feminine	rebillada			rebilladas
Indicative
Present	rebillo	rebillas	rebilla	rebillamos	rebillades	rebillan
Imperfect	rebillaba	rebillabas	rebillaba	rebillabamos	rebillabades	rebillaban
Preterite	rebillei	rebillaches	rebillou	rebillamos	rebillastes	rebillaron
Pluperfect	rebillara	rebillaras	rebillara	rebillaramos	rebillarades	rebillaran
Future	rebillarei	rebillarás	rebillará	rebillaremos	rebillaredes	rebillarán
Conditional	rebillaría	rebillarías	rebillaría	rebillariamos	rebillariades	rebillarían
Subjunctive
Present	rebille	rebilles	rebille	rebillemos	rebilledes	rebillen
Imperfect	rebillase	rebillases	rebillase	rebillásemos	rebillásedes	rebillasen
Future	rebillar	rebillares	rebillar	rebillarmos	rebillardes	rebillaren
Imperative
Affirmative		rebilla	rebille	rebillemos	rebillade	rebillen
Negative (non)		non rebilles	non rebille	non rebillemos	non rebilledes	non rebillen

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rebillar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rebillar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega