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turrar

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Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tuˈraɾ/ [t̪uˈraɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tu‧rrar

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turrar (first-person singular indicative present turro, past participle turráu)

  1. to toast
    Synonym: rustir
    Agora toi turriando'l pan
    Right now I'm toasting bread
  2. to dry excessively
    Synonym: esturruchar
    Turrasti la ropa por demás
    You dried your clothes too much
  3. to tan, to get a tan

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Etymology

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    Blend of tirar (“pull”) + empurrar (“push”).[1]

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    turrar (first-person singular present turro, first-person singular preterite turrei, past participle turrado)

    1. (intransitive) to pull
      Synonym: tirar
    2. (intransitive or pronominal) to fight, wrestle
      Synonym: loitar
      • 1820, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Servís e Liberás:
        Mais, o deño que non dorme,
        Solta o ganado do corral,
        E comenzan á turrarse
        Os servís e os liberas.
        But the devil, who does not sleep,
        frees the cattle from the corral,
        and then began to fight
        serviles and liberals
    3. (transitive) to bump, bang; to charge, ram
      Synonym: trucar

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    References

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    1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “tirar”, 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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    Onomatopoeic.

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    turrar (first-person singular present turro, first-person singular preterite turrei, past participle turrado) (transitive or intransitive)

    1. (colloquial) to headbutt
    2. (figurative) to argue, to quarrel

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