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Unknown. Attested since 1746. Perhaps onomatopoeic;[1] but compare Latin baubārī (“to bark”) and French aboyer. Alternatively, if related to Spanish abuchear, then from Old French huchier.[2]

abouxar (first-person singular present abouxo, first-person singular preterite abouxei, past participle abouxado)

  1. (transitive) to pester; to stun; to daze (with a loud sound or through babble)
    • 1755, a private letter (Corpus Gondomar 59):
      Meu irmanciño, ai moitos coreos que non lle escribin por nono abougar con tantas cartas
      My little brother, there are some posts that I do not write to you for not pestering you with so many letters
      Synonyms: abourar, aturuxar
  2. (transitive) to deafen
    Synonyms: axordar, enxordecer
  3. to drive away
  1. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. abouxar.
  2. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “huchear”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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