bramar

Catalan

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*bramjan), from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bɾəˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bɾaˈmaɾ]

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Verb

bramar (first-person singular present bramo, first-person singular preterite bramí, past participle bramat)

1. to roar, bellow
2. to bray
3. to make its cry (of an animal)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bramar (first conjugation)

infinitive			bramar
gerund			bramant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bramat		bramada
		plural		bramats		bramades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bramo	brames	brama	bramem	brameu	bramen
	imperfect	bramava	bramaves	bramava	bramàvem	bramàveu	bramaven
	future	bramaré	bramaràs	bramarà	bramarem	bramareu	bramaran
	preterite	bramí	bramares	bramà	bramàrem	bramàreu	bramaren
	conditional	bramaria	bramaries	bramaria	bramaríem	bramaríeu	bramarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	brami	bramis	brami	bramem	brameu	bramin
	imperfect	bramés	bramessis	bramés	braméssim	braméssiu	bramessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	brama	brami	bramem	brameu	bramin
	negative (no)	—	no bramis	no brami	no bramem	no brameu	no bramin

Derived terms

• bram
• bramular
• esbramegar

Further reading

• “bramar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bramar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “bramar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “bramar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

bramando ("troating")

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*bramjan), from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną, *bremaną (“to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make noise”).

Cognate with Occitan bramar, Spanish bramar, French bramer, Italian bramire, Old English bremman (“to roar, rage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾaˈmaɾ/

Verb

bramar (first-person singular present bramo, first-person singular preterite bramei, past participle bramado)

1. to troat (a deer)
2. to roar, bellow

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bramar

	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	bramar
Personal	bramar	bramares	bramar	bramarmos	bramardes	bramaren
Gerund
	bramando
Past participle
Masculine	bramado			bramados
Feminine	bramada			bramadas
Indicative
Present	bramo	bramas	brama	bramamos	bramades	braman
Imperfect	bramaba	bramabas	bramaba	bramabamos	bramabades	bramaban
Preterite	bramei	bramaches	bramou	bramamos	bramastes	bramaron
Pluperfect	bramara	bramaras	bramara	bramaramos	bramarades	bramaran
Future	bramarei	bramarás	bramará	bramaremos	bramaredes	bramarán
Conditional	bramaría	bramarías	bramaría	bramariamos	bramariades	bramarían
Subjunctive
Present	brame	brames	brame	bramemos	bramedes	bramen
Imperfect	bramase	bramases	bramase	bramásemos	bramásedes	bramasen
Future	bramar	bramares	bramar	bramarmos	bramardes	bramaren
Imperative
Affirmative		brama	brame	bramemos	bramade	bramen
Negative (non)		non brames	non brame	non bramemos	non bramedes	non bramen

    Reintegrated conjugation of bramar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	bramar
Personal	bramar	bramares	bramar	bramarmos	bramardes	bramarem
Gerund
	bramando
Past participle
Masculine	bramado			bramados
Feminine	bramada			bramadas
Indicative
Present	bramo	bramas	brama	bramamos	bramades, bramais	bramam
Imperfect	bramava	bramavas	bramava	bramávamos	bramávades, bramáveis, bramávais1	bramavam
Preterite	bramei	bramaste, bramache1	bramou	bramamos	bramastes	bramárom, bramaram
Pluperfect	bramara	bramaras	bramara	bramáramos	bramárades, bramáreis, bramárais1	bramaram
Future	bramarei	bramarás	bramará	bramaremos	bramaredes, bramareis	bramarám, bramarão
Conditional	bramaria	bramarias	bramaria	bramaríamos	bramaríades, bramaríeis, bramaríais1	bramariam
Subjunctive
Present	brame	brames	brame	bramemos	bramedes, brameis	bramem
Imperfect	bramasse	bramasses	bramasse	bramássemos	bramássedes, bramásseis	bramassem
Future	bramar	bramares	bramar	bramarmos	bramardes	bramarem
Imperative
Affirmative		brama	brame	bramemos	bramade, bramai	bramem
Negative (nom)		nom brames	nom brame	nom bramemos	nom bramedes, nom brameis	nom bramem

¹Less recommended.

Synonyms

• berrar, bradar, bruar

Derived terms

• brama (“deer mating season”)
• bramido (“troat”)

Related terms

• bremar

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “bramar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bramar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “bramar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bramar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “bramar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bramar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French bramer, Italian bramire, Spanish bramar, ultimately from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*bramjan), from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /braˈmar/
• Hyphenation: bra‧mar

Verb

bramar (present tense bramas, past tense bramis, future tense bramos, imperative bramez, conditional bramus)

1. (intransitive) to make the characteristic call of any animal: to bellow; to low; to bray; to bleat; to neigh
2. (figuratively) to roar, yell

Conjugation

Conjugation of bramar

		present		past		future
infinitive		bramar		bramir		bramor
tense		bramas		bramis		bramos
conditional		bramus		—		—
imperative		bramez		—		—
adjective active participle		bramanta		braminta		bramonta
adverbial active participle		bramante		braminte		bramonte
nominal active participle	singular	bramanto		braminto		bramonto
	plural	bramanti		braminti		bramonti

Derived terms

• bramo (“bellowing; lowing; braying; bleating; neighing; roaring, yelling”)

Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*bramjan), from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną. See also Old English bremman, Old High German brëman, Middle Low German brammen, French bramer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾaˈmaɾ/ [bɾaˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bra‧mar

Verb

bramar (first-person singular present bramo, first-person singular preterite bramé, past participle bramado)

1. to roar, bellow

   Synonyms: rugir, berrear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bramar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bramar
gerund			bramando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bramado		bramada
		plural		bramados		bramadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bramo	bramastú bramásvos	brama	bramamos	bramáis	braman
	imperfect	bramaba	bramabas	bramaba	bramábamos	bramabais	bramaban
	preterite	bramé	bramaste	bramó	bramamos	bramasteis	bramaron
	future	bramaré	bramarás	bramará	bramaremos	bramaréis	bramarán
	conditional	bramaría	bramarías	bramaría	bramaríamos	bramaríais	bramarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	brame	bramestú bramésvos2	brame	bramemos	braméis	bramen
	imperfect (ra)	bramara	bramaras	bramara	bramáramos	bramarais	bramaran
	imperfect (se)	bramase	bramases	bramase	bramásemos	bramaseis	bramasen
	future1	bramare	bramares	bramare	bramáremos	bramareis	bramaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bramatú bramávos	brame	bramemos	bramad	bramen
	negative		no brames	no brame	no bramemos	no braméis	no bramen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

See also

• rugir

Further reading

• “bramar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025