cornuar-se

Catalan

Etymology

From cor (heart) + nuar-se (choke up).

Pronunciation

Verb

cornuar-se (first-person singular present cornuo, past participle cornuat)

  1. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to choke up, to become verklempt
    • 1961, Antoni Cayrol, Contalles de Cerdanya:
      Oint tals paraules, l'home del porc es cornua i es posa a plorar.
      Hearing those words, the swineherd choked up and began to cry.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • cornuament

Further reading

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