grinyolar

Catalan

Etymology

Expressive variant of ganyolar (howl), from ganyir, from Latin ganniō (to yelp).

Pronunciation

Verb

grinyolar (first-person singular present grinyolo, first-person singular preterite grinyolí, past participle grinyolat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. to squeak, to creak
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 10, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      L'acció desplaçava la reflexió; quan intentava ponderar les coses el meu cervell s'hi resistia, grinyolava, exactament igual com unes frontisses rovellades.
      Action replaced reflection; when I tried to think things over, my brain resisted and it squeaked, exactly like rusty hinges.

Conjugation

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