alangrear

• hangrear, lancrexar, langrear

Attested since circa 1850. Unknown.

• IPA^(key): [alaŋɡɾeˈaɾ]

alangrear (first-person singular present alangreo, first-person singular preterite alangreei, past participle alangreado)
alangrear (first-person singular present alangreio, first-person singular preterite alangreei, past participle alangreado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to starve

   Synonym: esfamear

   • c. 1850, Florencio Pol, Parrafeo de Quintas:

     Pois pouco lle importa ver Que estamos alangreando
     Con tal que eles poidan ser Os donos do noso gando

     Little they care watching us as we starve
     As long as they can be the owners of our cattle

2. to covet
3. to wail, groan; to complain

   Synonyms: laiar, lanxir

• langrán

• “alangrear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “alangrear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “alangrear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “alangrear” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.