labrar

From Old Galician-Portuguese lavrar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin labōrāre. Doublet of laborar.

• IPA^(key): [laˈβɾaɾ]

labrar (first-person singular present labro, first-person singular preterite labrei, past participle labrado)

1. to farm: to plough; to hoe; to plant

   Synonyms: arar, cultivar, traballar

2. to carve

   Synonym: tallar

3. to craft

   Synonym: traballar

• labra

• labrador
• labrego

• “lavrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “lavr” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “labrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “labrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “labrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• IPA^(key): /ˈl͈avrər/

labrar

1. first-person singular present subjunctive absolute of labraithir

Inherited from Latin labōrāre (“to work”). Compare the borrowed doublet laborar ‘to work, to labor’.

• IPA^(key): /laˈbɾaɾ/ [laˈβ̞ɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: la‧brar

labrar (first-person singular present labro, first-person singular preterite labré, past participle labrado)

1. to work

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:trabajar

2. to carve, to craft

   Synonym: tallar

3. to plough

   Synonym: arar

• “labrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014