zumbar

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): [θumˈbaɾ]

zumbar (first-person singular present zumbo, first-person singular preterite zumbei, past participle zumbado)

1. to hit repeatedly, to pound

   Synonyms: bater, bourar

   Cando vaias de parranda / non te esquezas do caneco / bótalle un litro de viño / non che vaia quedar seco / e zúmballe ao caneco... (folk song)

   Whenever you go in a spree / don't forget about your pitcher / put a litre of wine in it / lest it be dry / and hit the pitcher...

2. (intransitive) to hum; to buzz

   Synonym: zoar

• “zumbar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “zumbar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “zumbar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “zumbar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Onomatopoeic. Portuguese zombar, French vrombir.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θumˈbaɾ/ [θũmˈbaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sumˈbaɾ/ [sũmˈbaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: zum‧bar

zumbar (first-person singular present zumbo, first-person singular preterite zumbé, past participle zumbado)

1. (intransitive) to hum; to buzz

   Synonym: zurriar

2. (transitive) to hit
3. (transitive) to mock
4. (colloquial) to screw, shag (have sex)

• “zumbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014