gabar

See also: GABAR, Gabar, and ġabar

French

Etymology

Probably Blend of garde +‎ barre.

Noun

gabar m (plural gabars)

Micronisus gabar, the gabar goshawk

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gabar (13th century); either from Old Occitan gabar, from Old French gaber, or directly from Gothic or Suevic.^[1] From Proto-Germanic *gabbaną (“to mock, jest”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaˈβaɾ/

Verb

gabar (first-person singular present gabo, first-person singular preterite gabei, past participle gabado)

(transitive) to praise, laud, extol
Antes que probedes, non gabedes. (proverb) ― Before you prove, don't praise.
(pronominal) to brag, to boast
Quen moito se gaba, ben delo lle falta (proverb) ― He who boasts a lot [about something], lacks a lot of it
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 405:
  Aquela noyte nõ foy y tal que rrijsse, nẽ sse gabasse do que fezera, tãto forõ todos maltreytos.
  That night there were none there to laugh or to boast about the deeds of the day, so mistreated they were
- 1470, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 362:
  tódolos outros diseron juntamente que esteueram no arroydo e que uiran matar ao irmao de Gonçaluo Roíz e seu cunhado e outros pyós e que uiram tyrar a Fernán de Sam Payo, e dyserom que ele fezera muytas fyrydas e matara ó dito Gonçaluo Roz, e que ouuera muitos dynheyros dos ditos fynados, e mais diseron que se gauaba que de XX tyros que tyrara que todos empregara, saluo dous
  all the rest said altogether that they were at the riot and that they saw how Gonzalvo Rois' brother, and his brother-in-law, and other pawns, were killed; and that they saw Fernán de Sampaio shooting; and they said that he caused many wounds and that he killed the aforementioned Gonzalvo Rois, and that he took many moneys from the dead; and they added that he was boasting that of twenty shots he had thrown, all but two had hit the mark

Conjugation

Conjugation of gabar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	gabar
Personal	gabar	gabares	gabar	gabarmos	gabardes	gabaren
Gerund
	gabando
Past participle
Masculine	gabado			gabados
Feminine	gabada			gabadas
Indicative
Present	gabo	gabas	gaba	gabamos	gabades	gaban
Imperfect	gababa	gababas	gababa	gababamos	gababades	gababan
Preterite	gabei	gabaches	gabou	gabamos	gabastes	gabaron
Pluperfect	gabara	gabaras	gabara	gabaramos	gabarades	gabaran
Future	gabarei	gabarás	gabará	gabaremos	gabaredes	gabarán
Conditional	gabaría	gabarías	gabaría	gabariamos	gabariades	gabarían
Subjunctive
Present	gabe	gabes	gabe	gabemos	gabedes	gaben
Imperfect	gabase	gabases	gabase	gabásemos	gabásedes	gabasen
Future	gabar	gabares	gabar	gabarmos	gabardes	gabaren
Imperative
Affirmative		gaba	gabe	gabemos	gabade	gaben
Negative (non)		non gabes	non gabe	non gabemos	non gabedes	non gaben

Reintegrated conjugation of gabar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	gabar
Personal	gabar	gabares	gabar	gabarmos	gabardes	gabarem
Gerund
	gabando
Past participle
Masculine	gabado			gabados
Feminine	gabada			gabadas
Indicative
Present	gabo	gabas	gaba	gabamos	gabades, gabais	gabam
Imperfect	gabava	gabavas	gabava	gabávamos	gabávades, gabáveis, gabávais¹	gabavam
Preterite	gabei	gabaste, gabache¹	gabou	gabamos	gabastes	gabárom, gabaram
Pluperfect	gabara	gabaras	gabara	gabáramos	gabárades, gabáreis, gabárais¹	gabaram
Future	gabarei	gabarás	gabará	gabaremos	gabaredes, gabareis	gabarám, gabarão
Conditional	gabaria	gabarias	gabaria	gabaríamos	gabaríades, gabaríeis, gabaríais¹	gabariam
Subjunctive
Present	gabe	gabes	gabe	gabemos	gabedes, gabeis	gabem
Imperfect	gabasse	gabasses	gabasse	gabássemos	gabássedes, gabásseis	gabassem
Future	gabar	gabares	gabar	gabarmos	gabardes	gabarem
Imperative
Affirmative		gaba	gabe	gabemos	gabade, gabai	gabem
Negative (nom)		nom gabes	nom gabe	nom gabemos	nom gabedes, nom gabeis	nom gabem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

gabadela (“little praise”)
gabanza (“praise”)

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gabar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“gab-” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gabar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gabar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“gabar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gabar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

Gothic

Romanization

gabar

Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍂

Hausa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡá.bàr/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɡə́.bàr]

Noun

gabàr̃ f

Alternative form of gabàs (“east”)

Maranao

Noun

gabar

wrapper

References

A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Old Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse gabb with the verbal suffix -ar. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French gaber.

Verb

gabar

to mock
to joke
to threaten

Descendants

Occitan: gabar
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: gabar
- Galician: gabar
- Portuguese: gabar

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “gabb”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 3

Portuguese

Etymology

From Occitan gabar, from Old Norse gabb (“ridicule, jest”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈba(ʁ)/ [ɡaˈba(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈba(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈba(ʁ)/ [ɡaˈba(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈba(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈbaɾ/ [ɡɐˈβaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈba.ɾi/ [ɡɐˈβa.ɾi]

Hyphenation: ga‧bar

Verb

gabar (first-person singular present gabo, first-person singular preterite gabei, past participle gabado)

(transitive) to praise
(pronominal) to brag, boast [with de ‘something’ or de (+ infinitive) ‘of doing something’]
Synonym: ufanar

Ele se gaba de poder falar seis idiomas.
He boasts that he can speak six languages.

Conjugation

Conjugation of gabar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	gabar
Personal	gabar	gabares	gabar	gabarmos	gabardes	gabarem
Gerund
	gabando
Past participle
Masculine	gabado			gabados
Feminine	gabada			gabadas
Indicative
Present	gabo	gabas	gaba	gabamos	gabais	gabam
Imperfect	gabava	gabavas	gabava	gabávamos	gabáveis	gabavam
Preterite	gabei	gabaste	gabou	gabamos¹, gabámos²	gabastes	gabaram
Pluperfect	gabara	gabaras	gabara	gabáramos	gabáreis	gabaram
Future	gabarei	gabarás	gabará	gabaremos	gabareis	gabarão
Conditional	gabaria	gabarias	gabaria	gabaríamos	gabaríeis	gabariam
Subjunctive
Present	gabe	gabes	gabe	gabemos	gabeis	gabem
Imperfect	gabasse	gabasses	gabasse	gabássemos	gabásseis	gabassem
Future	gabar	gabares	gabar	gabarmos	gabardes	gabarem
Imperative
Affirmative		gaba	gabe	gabemos	gabai	gabem
Negative (não)		não gabes	não gabe	não gabemos	não gabeis	não gabem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

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

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