apurrar

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from apurrir (to put closer), from Latin porrigō.[1]

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Verb[edit]

apurrar (first-person singular present apurro, first-person singular preterite apurrei, past participle apurrado)

  1. to incite, stir up (a dog against someone)
    Synonym: encirrar
  2. to incite, egg on (a person)
    Synonym: empurrar
  3. to stir
    Synonym: afalar

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “emburriar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos