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rebolar

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Galician

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Etymology

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Probably from re- +‎ bola (ball) +‎ -ar.[1]

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rebolar (first-person singular present rebolo, first-person singular preterite rebolei, past participle rebolado)

  1. (transitive) to throw rolling down
  2. (intransitive or pronominal) to roll
    Synonyms: rodar, rolar
  3. (transitive) to throw, shoot (specially, a long object which is made to turn over its axis)
    Synonym: tirar
    • 1838, Florencio Pol, Espello de Diputados:
      No medio da cantarela
      á rapaza é chanceeira,
      e o arrechegarme á ela
      arrebolame á monteira.
      In the middle of the song,
      the girl is fond of jokes,
      and as I got near
      she threw away my cap
  4. (transitive) to skim (a container with a rebolo)
    Synonym: rasar

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References

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  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “bola”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

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Etymology

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    From re- + bola + -ar.

    Pronunciation

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    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.buˈlaɾ/ [ʁɨ.βuˈlaɾ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.buˈla.ɾi/

    • Hyphenation: re‧bo‧lar

    Verb

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    rebolar (first-person singular present rebolo, first-person singular preterite rebolei, past participle rebolado)

    1. (transitive) to roll
    2. (transitive) to precipitate from above
    3. (transitive) to wiggle
    4. (intransitive, pronominal) to move, roll over
    5. (intransitive, pronominal) to wobble
    6. (intransitive, pronominal) to twerk (to dance in a sexually-provocative way using hip thrusts in a low squatting stance while shaking the buttocks; to take part in twerking)

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