ouvear

• auviar, oulear, ouviar

From Old Galician / Old Portuguese, from Latin ululāre, present active infinitive of ululō, or with the suffix -ear. Cognate with Portuguese uivar.

• IPA^(key): /owβeˈaɾ/

ouvear (first-person singular present ouveo, first-person singular preterite ouveei, past participle ouveado)

1. (intransitive) to howl (a wolf or a dog)

   Na terra dos lobos ouvea coma eles. ― In the land of the wolfs howl as they do.

   (proverb)

2. (intransitive, figuratively) to howl (the wind)
3. (intransitive, figuratively) to howl, to wail (a person)

   Synonyms: berrar, gritar, laiar

4. (intransitive, figuratively) to idle

• ouveo
• ouveón

• “ouvear” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “ouvear” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ouvear” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.