enginyar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ingeniō, from ingenium.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əɲ.ʒiˈɲa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /eɲ.d͡ʒiˈɲaɾ/
Verb
enginyar (first-person singular present enginyo, past participle enginyat)
- (transitive) to invent, to devise
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive) to find a way (to), to manage (to)
- M'havia enginyat a trobar els mitjans d'anar superant les circumstàncies adverses.
- I had managed to find the means of overcoming adverse circumstances.
Conjugation
Conjugation of enginyar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | enginyar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | enginyant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | enginyat | enginyada | |||||
| plural | enginyats | enginyades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | enginyo | enginyes | enginya | enginyem | enginyeu | enginyen | |
| imperfect | enginyava | enginyaves | enginyava | enginyàvem | enginyàveu | enginyaven | |
| future | enginyaré | enginyaràs | enginyarà | enginyarem | enginyareu | enginyaran | |
| preterite | enginyí | enginyares | enginyà | enginyàrem | enginyàreu | enginyaren | |
| conditional | enginyaria | enginyaries | enginyaria | enginyaríem | enginyaríeu | enginyarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | enginyi | enginyis | enginyi | enginyem | enginyeu | enginyin | |
| imperfect | enginyés | enginyessis | enginyés | enginyéssim | enginyéssiu | enginyessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | enginya | enginyi | enginyem | enginyeu | enginyin | ||
Related terms
- enginy
- enginyer
- enginyós
Further reading
- “enginyar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.