argayar

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • ergayar (Casu, Ayer, Los Argüeyos)
  • argaxar (Quirós, Ḷḷena, Teberga, Somiedu, Cuarto de los Valles)
  • arguexar (Riosa)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾɡaˈʝaɾ/ [aɾ.ɣ̞aˈʝaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ar‧ga‧yar

Verb

argayar

  1. (intransitive) to produce a landslide (to fall the rocks)
  2. to crack
  3. to collapse, come to nothing

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • argayase de risa

References

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Asturian argayar or from argayo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /aɾɡaˈʝaɾ/ [aɾ.ɣ̞aˈʝaɾ] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /aɾɡaˈʃaɾ/ [aɾ.ɣ̞aˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /aɾɡaˈʒaɾ/ [aɾ.ɣ̞aˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ar‧ga‧yar

Verb

argayar (first-person singular present argayo, first-person singular preterite argayé, past participle argayado)

  1. (intransitive) to produce a landslide

Conjugation

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