anubrar

Galician

Alternative forms

• anubiar

Etymology

Attested circa 1300 ("anublar"). From a- +‎ nubrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anuˈβɾaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to cloud

   Synonyms: nubrar, apanar

2. (pronominal, of the sky) to cloud over, to overcast
   • 1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 47:

     Et diso adeante Deus a Noe, que quando El cubrisse a terra de nubes, et anublasse, que paresçeria em ellas aquel seu arco

     And then God said to Noah that whenever He covered the earth with clouds and the sky became overcast, then His bow will appear there

   Synonyms: nubrar, atuír, cubrir

Related terms

• nube
• nubrar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “anubl”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “anubrar”, 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), “anubrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “anubrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN