enrogir
Catalan
Etymology
en- + roig + -ir
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ən.ruˈʒi/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /en.roˈd͡ʒiɾ/
Verb
enrogir (first-person singular present enrogeixo, past participle enrogit)
- (transitive, intransitive) to redden; to make red, red-hot
- Synonym: envermellir
- 1948, Josep Pous i Pagès, De la pau i del combat:
- Encara i encara enrogirà el món la nova sang que ha de vessar-s'hi! Encara i encara el consumiran les noves flames que s'hi han d'encendre! No tindrà ningú pietat de tant dolor i de tanta ruïna?
- Again and again the world will run red with the new blood which must be spilt! Again and again it will be consumed by the new flames which must be kindled! Will no one have pity on such pain and such ruin?
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to redden; to turn red, red-hot
- Synonym: enrojolar-se
Conjugation
Conjugation of enrogir (third conjugation with -eix- infix)
| infinitive | enrogir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | enrogint | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | enrogit | enrogida | |||||
| plural | enrogits | enrogides | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | enrogeixo | enrogeixes | enrogeix | enrogim | enrogiu | enrogeixen | |
| imperfect | enrogia | enrogies | enrogia | enrogíem | enrogíeu | enrogien | |
| future | enrogiré | enrogiràs | enrogirà | enrogirem | enrogireu | enrogiran | |
| preterite | enrogí | enrogires | enrogí | enrogírem | enrogíreu | enrogiren | |
| conditional | enrogiria | enrogiries | enrogiria | enrogiríem | enrogiríeu | enrogirien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | enrogeixi | enrogeixis | enrogeixi | enrogim | enrogiu | enrogeixin | |
| imperfect | enrogís | enrogissis | enrogís | enrogíssim | enrogíssiu | enrogissin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | enrogeix | enrogeixi | enrogim | enrogiu | enrogeixin | ||
Derived terms
- enrogiment
Further reading
- “enrogir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.