encertar
Catalan
Etymology
en- + cert + -ar. Compare Portuguese and Spanish acertar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ən.səɾˈta/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ən.sərˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /en.seɾˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
encertar (first-person singular present encerto, past participle encertat)
- to get right, to do correctly
- to guess
- Synonym: endevinar
- to hit a target
Conjugation
Conjugation of encertar (first conjugation)
infinitive | encertar | ||||||
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present participle | encertant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | encertat | encertada | |||||
plural | encertats | encertades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | encerto | encertes | encerta | encertem | encerteu | encerten | |
imperfect | encertava | encertaves | encertava | encertàvem | encertàveu | encertaven | |
future | encertaré | encertaràs | encertarà | encertarem | encertareu | encertaran | |
preterite | encertí | encertares | encertà | encertàrem | encertàreu | encertaren | |
conditional | encertaria | encertaries | encertaria | encertaríem | encertaríeu | encertarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | encerti | encertis | encerti | encertem | encerteu | encertin | |
imperfect | encertés | encertessis | encertés | encertéssim | encertéssiu | encertessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | encerta | encerti | encertem | encerteu | encertin |
Derived terms
- encert
- encertant
- encertat
Further reading
- “encertar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “encertar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “encertar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “encertar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.