xisclar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan cisclar, from Vulgar Latin *cisclāre, alteration of fistulāre (to play the flute). Compare Spanish chillar and Basque txistulari.

Pronunciation

Verb

xisclar (first-person singular present xisclo, first-person singular preterite xisclí, past participle xisclat)

  1. (intransitive) to scream, to wail

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