yell

/jɛl/

verb A2
V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

3rd person singular
yells
past
yelled
past participle
yelled
gerund
yelling

Meaning

  1. gritar

    • He yells across the street.

      Grita a través de la calle.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: action. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

shout

shout and yell are close synonyms, largely interchangeable; yell can imply slightly more emotional intensity, like yelling in anger or pain, than a neutral shout.

Similar in other languages

French

crier sur les toits

Close, figuratively — yelling relates to shouting from the rooftops.

German

schreien

schreien is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to yell, to scream."

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa yell?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: He ___ across the street.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a yell?

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