rabiar

Galician

Alternative forms

• arrabear, rabear

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese raviar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from rabia, from Latin rabiēs (“rage”). Cognate with Spanish rabiar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈβjaɾ/

Verb

rabiar (first-person singular present rabio, first-person singular preterite rabiei, past participle rabiado) (intransitive)

1. to rage, to be angry

   Synonyms: enfadar, enfurecer

   Unha mosca, con ser pequena, fai o boi rabear (proverb)

   A fly, which is small, makes the ox rage

2. to have rabies

   Synonym: adoecer

3. to suffer

   Synonyms: adoecer, sufrir

4. to be too salty, sour, hot or spiced

   Synonym: queimar

5. to covet [with por]

   Synonyms: adoecer, bremar, devecer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rabiar

	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	rabiar
Personal	rabiar	rabiares	rabiar	rabiarmos	rabiardes	rabiaren
Gerund
	rabiando
Past participle
Masculine	rabiado			rabiados
Feminine	rabiada			rabiadas
Indicative
Present	rabio	rabias	rabia	rabiamos	rabiades	rabian
Imperfect	rabiaba	rabiabas	rabiaba	rabiabamos	rabiabades	rabiaban
Preterite	rabiei	rabiaches	rabiou	rabiamos	rabiastes	rabiaron
Pluperfect	rabiara	rabiaras	rabiara	rabiaramos	rabiarades	rabiaran
Future	rabiarei	rabiarás	rabiará	rabiaremos	rabiaredes	rabiarán
Conditional	rabiaría	rabiarías	rabiaría	rabiariamos	rabiariades	rabiarían
Subjunctive
Present	rabie	rabies	rabie	rabiemos	rabiedes	rabien
Imperfect	rabiase	rabiases	rabiase	rabiásemos	rabiásedes	rabiasen
Future	rabiar	rabiares	rabiar	rabiarmos	rabiardes	rabiaren
Imperative
Affirmative		rabia	rabie	rabiemos	rabiade	rabien
Negative (non)		non rabies	non rabie	non rabiemos	non rabiedes	non rabien

    Reintegrated conjugation of rabiar (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	rabiar
Personal	rabiar	rabiares	rabiar	rabiarmos	rabiardes	rabiarem
Gerund
	rabiando
Past participle
Masculine	rabiado			rabiados
Feminine	rabiada			rabiadas
Indicative
Present	rabio	rabias	rabia	rabiamos	rabiades, rabiais	rabiam
Imperfect	rabiava	rabiavas	rabiava	rabiávamos	rabiávades, rabiáveis, rabiávais1	rabiavam
Preterite	rabiei	rabiaste, rabiache1	rabiou	rabiamos	rabiastes	rabiárom, rabiaram
Pluperfect	rabiara	rabiaras	rabiara	rabiáramos	rabiárades, rabiáreis, rabiárais1	rabiaram
Future	rabiarei	rabiarás	rabiará	rabiaremos	rabiaredes, rabiareis	rabiarám, rabiarão
Conditional	rabiaria	rabiarias	rabiaria	rabiaríamos	rabiaríades, rabiaríeis, rabiaríais1	rabiariam
Subjunctive
Present	rabie	rabies	rabie	rabiemos	rabiedes, rabieis	rabiem
Imperfect	rabiasse	rabiasses	rabiasse	rabiássemos	rabiássedes, rabiásseis	rabiassem
Future	rabiar	rabiares	rabiar	rabiarmos	rabiardes	rabiarem
Imperative
Affirmative		rabia	rabie	rabiemos	rabiade, rabiai	rabiem
Negative (nom)		nom rabies	nom rabie	nom rabiemos	nom rabiedes, nom rabieis	nom rabiem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• rabia

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “raviar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ravia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rabiar”, 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), “rabiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rabiar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From rabia +‎ -ar, from Latin rabiēs. Cognate with Latin rabiō but not its descendant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈbjaɾ/ [raˈβ̞jaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ra‧biar

Verb

rabiar (first-person singular present rabio, first-person singular preterite rabié, past participle rabiado) (intransitive)

1. to rage, to be angry

   Synonyms: enfurecerse, irritarse, encolerizarse, cabrearse

2. to have rabies

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rabiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rabiar
gerund			rabiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rabiado		rabiada
		plural		rabiados		rabiadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rabio	rabiastú rabiásvos	rabia	rabiamos	rabiáis	rabian
	imperfect	rabiaba	rabiabas	rabiaba	rabiábamos	rabiabais	rabiaban
	preterite	rabié	rabiaste	rabió	rabiamos	rabiasteis	rabiaron
	future	rabiaré	rabiarás	rabiará	rabiaremos	rabiaréis	rabiarán
	conditional	rabiaría	rabiarías	rabiaría	rabiaríamos	rabiaríais	rabiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rabie	rabiestú rabiésvos2	rabie	rabiemos	rabiéis	rabien
	imperfect (ra)	rabiara	rabiaras	rabiara	rabiáramos	rabiarais	rabiaran
	imperfect (se)	rabiase	rabiases	rabiase	rabiásemos	rabiaseis	rabiasen
	future1	rabiare	rabiares	rabiare	rabiáremos	rabiareis	rabiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rabiatú rabiávos	rabie	rabiemos	rabiad	rabien
	negative		no rabies	no rabie	no rabiemos	no rabiéis	no rabien

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of rabiar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive rabiar	dative	rabiarme	rabiarte	rabiarle, rabiarse	rabiarnos	rabiaros	rabiarles, rabiarse
	accusative	rabiarme	rabiarte	rabiarlo, rabiarla, rabiarse	rabiarnos	rabiaros	rabiarlos, rabiarlas, rabiarse
with gerund rabiando	dative	rabiándome	rabiándote	rabiándole, rabiándose	rabiándonos	rabiándoos	rabiándoles, rabiándose
	accusative	rabiándome	rabiándote	rabiándolo, rabiándola, rabiándose	rabiándonos	rabiándoos	rabiándolos, rabiándolas, rabiándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rabia	dative	rábiame	rábiate	rábiale	rábianos	not used	rábiales
	accusative	rábiame	rábiate	rábialo, rábiala	rábianos	not used	rábialos, rábialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rabiá	dative	rabiame	rabiate	rabiale	rabianos	not used	rabiales
	accusative	rabiame	rabiate	rabialo, rabiala	rabianos	not used	rabialos, rabialas
with formal second-person singular imperative rabie	dative	rábieme	not used	rábiele, rábiese	rábienos	not used	rábieles
	accusative	rábieme	not used	rábielo, rábiela, rábiese	rábienos	not used	rábielos, rábielas
with first-person plural imperative rabiemos	dative	not used	rabiémoste	rabiémosle	rabiémonos	rabiémoos	rabiémosles
	accusative	not used	rabiémoste	rabiémoslo, rabiémosla	rabiémonos	rabiémoos	rabiémoslos, rabiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rabiad	dative	rabiadme	not used	rabiadle	rabiadnos	rabiaos	rabiadles
	accusative	rabiadme	not used	rabiadlo, rabiadla	rabiadnos	rabiaos	rabiadlos, rabiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rabien	dative	rábienme	not used	rábienle	rábiennos	not used	rábienles, rábiense
	accusative	rábienme	not used	rábienlo, rábienla	rábiennos	not used	rábienlos, rábienlas, rábiense

Derived terms

• a rabiar
• estar a rabiar
• hacer rabiar

 

Related terms

• rabia

 

Further reading

• “rabiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10