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lloar
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Asturian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Leonese laudar* (laudamiento, Fuero de Avilés, 1085), from Latin laudāre. Doublet of llaudar, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
Verb
lloar
- (literary, archaic) to praise
- 1861, José Sánchez de Santa María, Evanxeliu según San Mateu (translation):
- Al vélo le’ xentes quedaron ablucáes d’ un miéu santu, y lloaron á Dios, porq’ habia dáo tal potestá á los homes.
- Upon seeing it, the people were left speechless with a holy fear, and they praised God, because He gave such power to men.
Conjugation
Conjugation of lloar
References
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “lloar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
- “lloar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan loar, from Latin laudāre. Compare Occitan lausar, French louer, Spanish loar.
Pronunciation
Verb
lloar (first-person singular present lloo, first-person singular preterite lloí, past participle lloat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
- (transitive, pronominal) to praise
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “lloar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “lloar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “lloar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lloar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Anagrams
- llaor, llora
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