See also: töar and tøar

Galician

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Attested since the 17th century. From Latin tonāre, present active infinitive of tonō.

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toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toei, past participle toado)

  1. to resound
    Synonyms: resoar, soar
    • 1697, Fabián Pardiñas, Eu oín a meus avós:
      Pero tamen me dijeron
      Si o nacer do sol toaba
      Cas moitas luces do dia
      Todo o raudal istiñaban.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to thunder
    Synonym: tronar
  3. (figurative) to give signs of life
    • 1922, Armando Cotarelo Valledor, Trebón, page 46:
      ¡Señor! ... ¡Señor! ... ¡Non toa! ... ¡Finou se! ... !Morreo!
      Milord!...Milord!...He doesn't give sings of life! ... He has passed away!... He has died!

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From to (two)-ar (-er). Akin to English twoer.

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toar m (definite singular toaren, indefinite plural toarar, definite plural toarane)

  1. the number two
  2. anyone or anything being designated the value or number of 2
    1. a specific route or line (in e.g. a public transport system), designated the number 2.
    2. an academic grade, specifically –
      1. (Norway, high school) A grade (in a scale from 1 to 6, where 6 is the best)
      2. (Norway, historical) A grade (in a scale from 1 to 6, where 1 is the best)
    3. (sports) any contestant carrying in a race the starting number of 2 in a race.
    4. the contestant either occupying second place at any given time, or achieving second place in the end.
      1. (by extension) a sidekick
    5. (card games, etc.) a playing card, chip or similar with the value of 2.
    6. (dice games) a roll of the die with the value of two, or the two-pipped side of the die.
  3. (rowing, nautical) a two-rower racing shell in competitive rowing
  4. (definite singular, euphemistic, vulgar) the anus, rectum

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin tonāre.

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toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toei, past participle toado) (intransitive)

  1. to rumble
  2. to resound, to resonate
  3. to match, to accord, to harmonize [with com ‘with’]
  4. (music) to harmonize, to concord
  5. to make [with a] (an impression)
  6. to please
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Etymology 2

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From toa-ar.

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toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toei, past participle toado)

  1. (transitive) to tow
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Unknown

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  • IPA(key): /toˈaɾ/ [t̪oˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: to‧ar

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toar (first-person singular present too, first-person singular preterite toé, past participle toado)

  1. to tow

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