French

Noun

gabar m ‎(plural gabars)

1. Micronisus gabar, the gabar goshawk.

Galician

Verb

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

1. to praise, laud, extol
2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of gabar
3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of gabar

Conjugation

Gothic

Romanization

gabar

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍂

Old Provençal

Etymology

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

Verb

gabar

1. to mock
2. to joke
3. to threaten

Descendants

• Catalan: gabar
• Occitan: gabar
  • Portuguese: gabar

References

• (fr)(de) gabb in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Occitan gabar.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to praise
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to brag, boast

   Ele se gaba de poder falar seis idiomas.‎

   He boasts that he can speak six languages.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• enquanto não acabes, não te gabes
• gabarola
• gabarolice