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cabrillear

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From cabrilla +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kabɾiʝeˈaɾ/ [ka.β̞ɾi.ʝeˈaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kabɾiʎeˈaɾ/ [ka.β̞ɾi.ʎeˈaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kabɾiʃeˈaɾ/ [ka.β̞ɾi.ʃeˈaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kabɾiʒeˈaɾ/ [ka.β̞ɾi.ʒeˈaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧bri‧lle‧ar

Verb

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cabrillear (first-person singular present cabrilleo, first-person singular preterite cabrilleé, past participle cabrilleado)

  1. to glimmer
  2. (relating to the sea) to produce small waves

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