uivar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese uyvar, uyar (compare Galician ouvear), from Latin ululāre, from a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root. Doublet of ulular, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ui‧var

Verb

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uivar (first-person singular present uivo, first-person singular preterite uivei, past participle uivado)

  1. (intransitive) to howl, to utter a loud and mournful sound as dogs and wolves often do

Conjugation

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See also

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