delectar
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēlectō. Doublet of delitar, a popular development.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /də.ləkˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /de.lekˈtaɾ/
Verb
delectar (first-person singular present delecto, past participle delectat)
- (transitive) to delight
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to delight (en in)
Conjugation
Conjugation of delectar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | delectar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | delectant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | delectat | delectada | |||||
| plural | delectats | delectades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | delecto | delectes | delecta | delectem | delecteu | delecten | |
| imperfect | delectava | delectaves | delectava | delectàvem | delectàveu | delectaven | |
| future | delectaré | delectaràs | delectarà | delectarem | delectareu | delectaran | |
| preterite | delectí | delectares | delectà | delectàrem | delectàreu | delectaren | |
| conditional | delectaria | delectaries | delectaria | delectaríem | delectaríeu | delectarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | delecti | delectis | delecti | delectem | delecteu | delectin | |
| imperfect | delectés | delectessis | delectés | delectéssim | delectéssiu | delectessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | delecta | delecti | delectem | delecteu | delectin | ||
Derived terms
- delectança
Related terms
- delectable
- delectació
- delir
- delit
Further reading
- “delectar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.