babexar

Galician

Alternative forms

• babear

Etymology

From baba (“drool”) +‎ -exar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baβeˈʃaɾ]

Verb

babexar (first-person singular present babexo, first-person singular preterite babexei, past participle babexado)

1. to drool
   • 1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferrocarril Compostelano:

     Non sei qué xuncras traguía na moleira o Seor Pedro, que o vin no outro onte carreirando, como un neno, e axuntando aos seus veciños, pra que onde ao seu palleiro fosen axiña a agoardá-lo; Eu non sei si un formigueiro de vermes lle boligaban entre os miolos dos sesos, pois semellaba a un doente, pro casi arrincando os pelos de debaixo da monteira, sin ton, nin son, e sin xeito; Eu non sei qué lle proía, eu non sei, si tiña o demo; porque os folgos eran fogos e os ollos dous candeeiros, e a cara toda prigada, amostrando os seus chavellos coa boca de un palmo aberta, babexado o fuciñeiro, parecía un estraloxe, un estraloxe de un vello

     I don't know what damned thing was bringing in his head Mr. Pedro, whom I saw the day before yesterday running around, as a kid, and gathering his neighbours asking them to come promptly to his barn and wait for him; I don't know if a colony of worms was scampering around the center of his brains, because he looked as a madman, almost pulling out the hair from under the hat, without rhyme of reason, and without care; I don't know what was itching him, I don't know if he was possessed by a demon; because his breath was fire and the eyes two lamps, and the face all folded, showing his fangs with mouth open wide, the snout drooled; he looked as a ravel, an old man's ravel

2. (intransitive) to wait, await

   Synonym: babar

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	babexar
Personal	babexar	babexares	babexar	babexarmos	babexardes	babexaren
Gerund
	babexando
Past participle
Masculine	babexado			babexados
Feminine	babexada			babexadas
Indicative
Present	babexo	babexas	babexa	babexamos	babexades	babexan
Imperfect	babexaba	babexabas	babexaba	babexabamos	babexabades	babexaban
Preterite	babexei	babexaches	babexou	babexamos	babexastes	babexaron
Pluperfect	babexara	babexaras	babexara	babexaramos	babexarades	babexaran
Future	babexarei	babexarás	babexará	babexaremos	babexaredes	babexarán
Conditional	babexaría	babexarías	babexaría	babexariamos	babexariades	babexarían
Subjunctive
Present	babexe	babexes	babexe	babexemos	babexedes	babexen
Imperfect	babexase	babexases	babexase	babexásemos	babexásedes	babexasen
Future	babexar	babexares	babexar	babexarmos	babexardes	babexaren
Imperative
Affirmative		babexa	babexe	babexemos	babexade	babexen
Negative (non)		non babexes	non babexe	non babexemos	non babexedes	non babexen

    Conjugation of babexar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “babexar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “babexar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “babexar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN