adarrak jarri

Basque

Etymology

From adarrak (absolutive plural of adar (“horn”)) +‎ jarri (“to put”), a calque of Spanish poner los cuernos (“to cheat on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /adarak ɟari/ [a.ð̞a.rak ɟa.ri]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /adarak xari/ [a.ð̞a.rak xa.ri]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /adarak xari/ [a.ð̞a.rak xa.ri]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /adarak d͡ʒari/ [a.ð̞a.rak d͡ʒa.ri]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /adarak jari/ [a.ð̞a.rak ja.ri]

• Hyphenation: a‧da‧rrak ja‧rri

Verb

adarrak jarri dio (imperfect participle adarrak jartzen, future participle adarrak jarriko, short form adarrak jar, verbal noun adarrak jartze)

1. (colloquial) to cheat on

   Synonym: adarrak ipini

Further reading

• “adarrak jarri”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia