humillar

Galician

Etymology

Former Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese omillar (Cantigas de Santa Maria, 13th century); from Late Latin humiliāre, present active infinitive of humiliō, from humus (“ground, soil”). Compare Portuguese humilhar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /umiˈʎaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to humiliate

   Synonym: vexar

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to humble, to abase

   Synonym: abaixar

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to bow, to lower, to salute
   • 1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 642:

     Et, quando forõ ante dona Xemena, o mouro omillouse a ela et a suas fillas, et quiso beyiar as mãos a dona Xemena; mays ela nõ llas quiso dar.

     And when they were before lady Xemena, the Moor man bowed before her and her daughters, and he wanted to kiss lady Xemena,s hands, but she didn't allow him to.

   Synonym: abaixar

4. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of humillar
5. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of humillar

Derived terms

• humillante
• milladoiro

Further reading

• “humillar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “omill”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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Spanish

Etymology

Altered from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Spanish homillar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin humiliāre, present active infinitive of humiliō.

Pronunciation

•  

• IPA^(key): /umiˈʝaɾ/ [u.miˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /umiˈʝaɾ/ [u.miˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /umiˈʎaɾ/ [u.miˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /umiˈʃaɾ/ [u.miˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /umiˈʒaɾ/ [u.miˈʒaɾ]

Verb

1. to humiliate

Related terms

• humillación
• humillante
• humilde

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001