alabar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alabar, from Late Latin alapāri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ləˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ləˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.laˈbaɾ]

Verb

alabar (first-person singular present alabo, first-person singular preterite alabí, past participle alabat)

1. to praise

Synonyms

• lloar

Related terms

• alabança

Further reading

• “alabar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “alabar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “alabar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “alabar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin alapāri (“it boasts”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alaˈbaɾ/ [a.laˈβ̞aɾ]

Verb

1. to praise

Synonyms

• adular
• aplaudir
• celebrar
• elogiar
• encomiar
• loar

Derived terms

• alabable

Related terms

• alabanza

Descendants

• → Catalan: alabar

Further reading

• “alabar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014