tremer

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese tremer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tremere (“to tremble”), from Proto-Indo-European *trem- (“tremble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈmeɾ/

Verb

1. (intransitive) to shake, tremble
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 400:

     O Ssagitario, quando o ueu, começou de dar grãdes braados et a rrinchar tã fortemẽt que toda a terra tremj́a sso seus pees

     the centaur, when he saw him, began to shout and to neigh so strongly that all the ground trembled under his feet

Derived terms

• trémbora
• tremedal
• tremesía
• tremo
• tremor

References

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

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Interlingue

Verb

1. to tremble

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tremer, from Latin tremere, present active infinitive of tremō (“I tremble, I shake, I shudder at”), from Proto-Indo-European *trem- (“tremble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾɨˈmeɾ/

Verb

1. to shake

Related terms

• tremor

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tremere, present active infinitive of tremō, from Proto-Indo-European *trem- (“tremble”).

Verb

1. to tremble

Related terms

• temblar
• tremor