apurrar

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Galician

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Etymology

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Perhaps from apurrir (to put closer), from Latin porrigō.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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apurrar (first-person singular present apurro, first-person singular preterite apurrei, past participle apurrado)

  1. to incite, stir up (a dog against someone)
    Synonym: encirrar
  2. to incite, egg on (a person)
    Synonym: empurrar
  3. to stir
    Synonym: afalar

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “emburriar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos