jauría

See also: jauria

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Mozarabic hauriya (kind of dance), from Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, dance). Doublet of corea. Or, possibly imitative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xauˈɾia/ [xau̯ˈɾi.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: jau‧rí‧a

Noun

jauría f (plural jaurías)

  1. pack (of hounds) (a group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together)
    • 2022 October 9, Manuel Viejo, Elisa Silió, “El difícil camino para que no se repitan los gritos del Ahuja: “Sois unas pedazo de mierdas. ¡Putas!””, in El País:
      De pronto, más de un centenar de chicos levantan las persianas de 34 habitaciones, encienden las luces y responden como jauría. “Uh, uh, uh”.
      Suddenly, more than a hundred boys raise the blinds of 34 rooms, turn on the lights and respond as a pack. "Uh uh uh".

See also

  • rehala

Further reading

  • jauría”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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