esmorzar
Catalan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *admordium (“breakfast”), from Latin admordēre (“snack”), but taking a verbal form to complete the series esmorzar, dinar (“to lunch”), berenar (“to have an afternoon snack”), sopar (“to have supper”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /əz.moɾˈza/
- (Central) IPA(key): /əz.murˈza/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ez.moɾˈzaɾ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
esmorzar (first-person singular present esmorzo, past participle esmorzat)
- to breakfast
- Synonym: desdejunar-se
- Coordinate terms: dinar, sopar
- Hypernym: menjar
Conjugation
Conjugation of esmorzar (first conjugation)
infinitive | esmorzar | ||||||
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present participle | esmorzant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | esmorzat | esmorzada | |||||
plural | esmorzats | esmorzades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | esmorzo | esmorzes | esmorza | esmorzem | esmorzeu | esmorzen | |
imperfect | esmorzava | esmorzaves | esmorzava | esmorzàvem | esmorzàveu | esmorzaven | |
future | esmorzaré | esmorzaràs | esmorzarà | esmorzarem | esmorzareu | esmorzaran | |
preterite | esmorzí | esmorzares | esmorzà | esmorzàrem | esmorzàreu | esmorzaren | |
conditional | esmorzaria | esmorzaries | esmorzaria | esmorzaríem | esmorzaríeu | esmorzarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | esmorzi | esmorzis | esmorzi | esmorzem | esmorzeu | esmorzin | |
imperfect | esmorzés | esmorzessis | esmorzés | esmorzéssim | esmorzéssiu | esmorzessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | esmorza | esmorzi | esmorzem | esmorzeu | esmorzin |
Noun
esmorzar m (plural esmorzars)
- breakfast (morning meal)
- Synonym: desdejuni
- Hypernym: menjada
Further reading
- “esmorzar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “esmorzar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “esmorzar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “esmorzar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.