engrunar
See also: engruñar
Catalan
Etymology
Perhaps from engruna, although the noun could also be derived from the verb. If this is the case, the verb could be from a variant form of enrunar (“demolish”) with an intrusive g.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əŋ.ɡɾuˈna/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /eŋ.ɡɾuˈnaɾ/
Verb
engrunar
- (transitive) to crumble, to reduce to crumbs
- Synonym: esmicolar
- (transitive) to pick off (grains)
- Synonym: esgranar
- (figuratively, transitive) to shatter, to demolish
- (figuratively, transitive) to relate in great detail
Conjugation
Conjugation of engrunar (first conjugation)
infinitive | engrunar | ||||||
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present participle | engrunant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | engrunat | engrunada | |||||
plural | engrunats | engrunades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | engruno | engrunes | engruna | engrunem | engruneu | engrunen | |
imperfect | engrunava | engrunaves | engrunava | engrunàvem | engrunàveu | engrunaven | |
future | engrunaré | engrunaràs | engrunarà | engrunarem | engrunareu | engrunaran | |
preterite | engruní | engrunares | engrunà | engrunàrem | engrunàreu | engrunaren | |
conditional | engrunaria | engrunaries | engrunaria | engrunaríem | engrunaríeu | engrunarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | engruni | engrunis | engruni | engrunem | engruneu | engrunin | |
imperfect | engrunés | engrunessis | engrunés | engrunéssim | engrunéssiu | engrunessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | engruna | engruni | engrunem | engruneu | engrunin |
Derived terms
- engrunadís
Related terms
- engruna
Further reading
- “engrunar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “engrunar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “engrunar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023