garrir

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese garrir (“to creak”) (13th century), from Latin garrio (“prattle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈriɾ]

Verb

garrir (first-person singular present garro, first-person singular preterite garrín, past participle garrido)
garrir (first-person singular present garro, first-person singular preterite garrim or garri, past participle garrido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (archaic) to creak

   Synonym: renxer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of garrir

	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	garrir
Personal	garrir	garrires	garrir	garrirmos	garrirdes	garriren
Gerund
	garrindo
Past participle
Masculine	garrido			garridos
Feminine	garrida			garridas
Indicative
Present	garro	garres	garre	garrimos	garrides	garren
Imperfect	garría	garrías	garría	garriamos	garriades	garrían
Preterite	garrín	garriches	garriu	garrimos	garristes	garriron
Pluperfect	garrira	garriras	garrira	garriramos	garrirades	garriran
Future	garrirei	garrirás	garrirá	garriremos	garriredes	garrirán
Conditional	garriría	garrirías	garriría	garririamos	garririades	garrirían
Subjunctive
Present	garra	garras	garra	garramos	garrades	garran
Imperfect	garrise	garrises	garrise	garrísemos	garrísedes	garrisen
Future	garrir	garrires	garrir	garrirmos	garrirdes	garriren
Imperative
Affirmative		garre	garra	garramos	garride	garran
Negative (non)		non garras	non garra	non garramos	non garrades	non garran

    Reintegrated conjugation of garrir (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	garrir
Personal	garrir	garrires	garrir	garrirmos	garrirdes	garrirem
Gerund
	garrindo
Past participle
Masculine	garrido			garridos
Feminine	garrida			garridas
Indicative
Present	garro	garres	garre	garrimos	garrides, garris	garrem
Imperfect	garria	garrias	garria	garríamos	garríades, garríeis, garríais1	garriam
Preterite	garrim, garri	garriste, garriche1	garriu	garrimos	garristes	garrírom, garriram
Pluperfect	garrira	garriras	garrira	garríramos	garrírades, garríreis, garrírais1	garriram
Future	garrirei	garrirás	garrirá	garriremos	garriredes, garrireis	garrirám, garrirão
Conditional	garriria	garririas	garriria	garriríamos	garriríades, garriríeis, garriríais1	garririam
Subjunctive
Present	garra	garras	garra	garramos	garrades, garrais	garram
Imperfect	garrisse	garrisses	garrisse	garríssemos	garríssedes, garrísseis	garrissem
Future	garrir	garrires	garrir	garrirmos	garrirdes	garrirem
Imperative
Affirmative		garre	garra	garramos	garride, garri	garram
Negative (nom)		nom garras	nom garra	nom garramos	nom garrades, nom garrais	nom garram

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• garrido

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “garrir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “garr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “garrir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese garrir, from Latin garriō (“chat, chirp”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʁi(ʁ)/ [ɡaˈhi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʁi(ʁ)/ [ɡaˈhi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʁi(ɾ)/ [ɡaˈhi(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʁi(ʁ)/ [ɡaˈχi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʁi(ɻ)/ [ɡaˈhi(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈʁiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈʁiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈʁi.ɾi/

Verb

garrir (first-person singular present garro, first-person singular preterite garri, past participle garrido)

1. (intransitive) to resound

   Synonym: ressoar

2. (intransitive) to gossip

   Synonym: badalar

3. (intransitive) to shine

   Synonym: brilhar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of garrir (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	garrir
Personal	garrir	garrires	garrir	garrirmos	garrirdes	garrirem
Gerund
	garrindo
Past participle
Masculine	garrido			garridos
Feminine	garrida			garridas
Indicative
Present	garro	garres	garre	garrimos	garris	garrem
Imperfect	garria	garrias	garria	garríamos	garríeis	garriam
Preterite	garri	garriste	garriu	garrimos	garristes	garriram
Pluperfect	garrira	garriras	garrira	garríramos	garríreis	garriram
Future	garrirei	garrirás	garrirá	garriremos	garrireis	garrirão
Conditional	garriria	garririas	garriria	garriríamos	garriríeis	garririam
Subjunctive
Present	garra	garras	garra	garramos	garrais	garram
Imperfect	garrisse	garrisses	garrisse	garríssemos	garrísseis	garrissem
Future	garrir	garrires	garrir	garrirmos	garrirdes	garrirem
Imperative
Affirmative		garre	garra	garramos	garri	garram
Negative (não)		não garras	não garra	não garramos	não garrais	não garram

Derived terms

• garrido

Further reading

• “garrir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “garrir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin garriō (“chat, chirp”).

Verb

garrir (first-person singular present garro, first-person singular preterite garrí, past participle garrido)

1. (intransitive) Of a parrot or parakeet, to make its characteristic cry
2. (archaic) To chatter

   Synonym: charlar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of garrir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			garrir
gerund			garriendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		garrido		garrida
		plural		garridos		garridas
		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	garro	garrestú garrísvos	garre	garrimos	garrís	garren
	imperfect	garría	garrías	garría	garríamos	garríais	garrían
	preterite	garrí	garriste	garrió	garrimos	garristeis	garrieron
	future	garriré	garrirás	garrirá	garriremos	garriréis	garrirán
	conditional	garriría	garrirías	garriría	garriríamos	garriríais	garrirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	garra	garrastú garrásvos2	garra	garramos	garráis	garran
	imperfect (ra)	garriera	garrieras	garriera	garriéramos	garrierais	garrieran
	imperfect (se)	garriese	garrieses	garriese	garriésemos	garrieseis	garriesen
	future1	garriere	garrieres	garriere	garriéremos	garriereis	garrieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		garretú garrívos	garra	garramos	garrid	garran
	negative		no garras	no garra	no garramos	no garráis	no garran

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

    Selected combined forms of garrir

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 garrir
	dative	garrirme	garrirte	garrirle, garrirse	garrirnos	garriros	garrirles, garrirse
	accusative	garrirme	garrirte	garrirlo, garrirla, garrirse	garrirnos	garriros	garrirlos, garrirlas, garrirse
with gerund garriendo
	dative	garriéndome	garriéndote	garriéndole, garriéndose	garriéndonos	garriéndoos	garriéndoles, garriéndose
	accusative	garriéndome	garriéndote	garriéndolo, garriéndola, garriéndose	garriéndonos	garriéndoos	garriéndolos, garriéndolas, garriéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative garre
	dative	gárreme	gárrete	gárrele	gárrenos	not used	gárreles
	accusative	gárreme	gárrete	gárrelo, gárrela	gárrenos	not used	gárrelos, gárrelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative garrí
	dative	garrime	garrite	garrile	garrinos	not used	garriles
	accusative	garrime	garrite	garrilo, garrila	garrinos	not used	garrilos, garrilas
with formal second-person singular imperative garra
	dative	gárrame	not used	gárrale, gárrase	gárranos	not used	gárrales
	accusative	gárrame	not used	gárralo, gárrala, gárrase	gárranos	not used	gárralos, gárralas
with first-person plural imperative garramos
	dative	not used	garrámoste	garrámosle	garrámonos	garrámoos	garrámosles
	accusative	not used	garrámoste	garrámoslo, garrámosla	garrámonos	garrámoos	garrámoslos, garrámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative garrid
	dative	garridme	not used	garridle	garridnos	garríos	garridles
	accusative	garridme	not used	garridlo, garridla	garridnos	garríos	garridlos, garridlas
with formal second-person plural imperative garran
	dative	gárranme	not used	gárranle	gárrannos	not used	gárranles, gárranse
	accusative	gárranme	not used	gárranlo, gárranla	gárrannos	not used	gárranlos, gárranlas, gárranse

Further reading

• “garrir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28