rinchar

rinchar

Galician

Alternative forms

• richar

Etymology

14th century. From Vulgar Latin *rehinnitulāre, from Latin hinnītāre, from hinnītus, perfect passive participle of hinniō (“I neigh”). Cognate of Spanish relinchar; compare also French hennir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrinˈt͡ʃaɾ/

Verb

rinchar (first-person singular present rincho, first-person singular preterite rinchei, past participle rinchado)

1. to whinny
2. to neigh
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 400:

     O Ssagitario, quando o ueu, começou de dar grãdes braados et a rrinchar tã fortemẽt que toda a terra tremj́a sso seus pees

     the centaur, when he saw him, began to shout and to neigh so strongly that all the ground trembled under his feet

3. to creak or squeak
4. to crunch

Noun

rinchar m (plural rinchares)

1. neigh
   • c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 297:

     Et aly oyriades a bolta et os braados moy grandes, et o rreboluer et o bolir das gentes, et o rrinchar dos caualos, et o sonar dos cornos et dos anafijs, que esto era hũa grã maravilla.

     And being there you would hear the racket and the very high voices, and the uproar and restlessness of the people, and the neigh of the horses, and the sound of the horns and of the bugles, and all of this was a great wonder

Conjugation

Conjugation of rinchar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	rinchar
personal	rinchar	rinchares	rinchar	rincharmos	rinchardes	rincharen
Gerund
	rinchando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	rinchado			rinchados
feminine	rinchada			rinchadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	rincho	rinchas	rincha	rinchamos	rinchades	rinchan
imperfect	rinchaba	rinchabas	rinchaba	rinchabamos	rinchabades	rinchaban
preterite	rinchei	rinchaches	rinchou	rinchamos	rinchastes	rincharon
pluperfect	rinchara	rincharas	rinchara	rincharamos	rincharades	rincharan
future	rincharei	rincharás	rinchará	rincharemos	rincharedes	rincharán
conditional	rincharía	rincharías	rincharía	rinchariamos	rinchariades	rincharían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	rinche	rinches	rinche	rinchemos	rinchedes	rinchen
preterite	rinchase	rinchases	rinchase	rinchásemos	rinchásedes	rinchasen
future	rinchar	rinchares	rinchar	rincharmos	rinchardes	rincharen
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	rincha	rinche	rinchemos	rinchade	rinchen
negative	–	rinches	rinche	rinchemos	rinchedes	rinchen

Derived terms

• rinchón

References

• “rrinchar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “rinchar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “rinchar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rinchar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rinchar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “relinchar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos