enfeinar
Catalan
Alternative forms
- afaenar
Etymology
en- + feina (“work”) + -ar
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əm.fəjˈna/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /em.fejˈnaɾ/
Verb
enfeinar (first-person singular present enfeino, past participle enfeinat)
- (transitive) to load with work; to swamp
- 2020 June 22, Francesc de Carreras, “La política infantil”, in El País:
- Al Govern li havien canviat les preguntes i, com és obvi, no tenia preparades les respostes. Estava enfeinat en altres coses. Començava a viure en la nova realitat.
- The Government was asked new questions and obviously hadn't prepared answers to them. It was too busy with other things. It started to live in the new reality.
Conjugation
Conjugation of enfeinar (first conjugation)
infinitive | enfeinar | ||||||
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present participle | enfeinant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | enfeinat | enfeinada | |||||
plural | enfeinats | enfeinades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | enfeino | enfeines | enfeina | enfeinem | enfeineu | enfeinen | |
imperfect | enfeinava | enfeinaves | enfeinava | enfeinàvem | enfeinàveu | enfeinaven | |
future | enfeinaré | enfeinaràs | enfeinarà | enfeinarem | enfeinareu | enfeinaran | |
preterite | enfeiní | enfeinares | enfeinà | enfeinàrem | enfeinàreu | enfeinaren | |
conditional | enfeinaria | enfeinaries | enfeinaria | enfeinaríem | enfeinaríeu | enfeinarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | enfeini | enfeinis | enfeini | enfeinem | enfeineu | enfeinin | |
imperfect | enfeinés | enfeinessis | enfeinés | enfeinéssim | enfeinéssiu | enfeinessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | enfeina | enfeini | enfeinem | enfeineu | enfeinin |
Further reading
- “enfeinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.