alabar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish alabar, from Late Latin alapāri. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ə.ləˈβa] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.ləˈba] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.laˈbaɾ] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) Hyphenation: a‧la‧bar === Verb === alabar (first-person singular present alabo, first-person singular preterite alabí, past participle alabat) (transitive) to praise Synonym: lloar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== alabança === Further reading === “alabar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “alabar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “alabar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “alabar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin alapārī (“to boast”), originally (in Plautus) “to slap”, which is probably related to Latin alapa (“box on the ear, blow with the hand”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alaˈbaɾ/ [a.laˈβ̞aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧la‧bar === Verb === alabar (first-person singular present alabo, first-person singular preterite alabé, past participle alabado) (transitive) to praise Synonyms: adular, aplaudir, celebrar, elogiar, encomiar, loar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: alabar === References === === Further reading === “alabar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025