xarazar

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • xarizar
  • xaraciar (Eastern Asturias)
  • xorociar (Parres)
  • xarabaciar (Sobrescobiu)
  • ceraciar (Ayer)
  • chorociar (Cabu Peñes)

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps related or derived from xarraciar, derived from xarriar, from xarra, from Arabic جَرَّة (jarra). Julio Concepción Suárez also links to a supposed pre-roman root *sar- meaning "water".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaɾaˈθaɾ/ [ʃa.ɾaˈθaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: xa‧ra‧zar

Verb

xarazar (first-person singular indicative present xarazo, past participle xarazáu)

  1. to hail (said when hail is falling)
    Synonyms: pedriscar, pedrasquiar, granizar

Conjugation

Further reading

  • xarazar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “xarazar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN