estovar
Catalan
Etymology
From es- + tova + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /əs.toˈva/
- (Central) IPA(key): /əs.tuˈba/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /es.toˈvaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
estovar (first-person singular present estovo, past participle estovat)
- (transitive) to soften (make soft)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to soften (become soft)
- (transitive, figurative) to affect, move (make emotional)
- Synonym: entendrir
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, figurative) to soften up (become less strict)
- (transitive, colloquial) to beat, thrash
Conjugation
Conjugation of estovar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | estovar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | estovant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | estovat | estovada | |||||
| plural | estovats | estovades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | estovo | estoves | estova | estovem | estoveu | estoven | |
| imperfect | estovava | estovaves | estovava | estovàvem | estovàveu | estovaven | |
| future | estovaré | estovaràs | estovarà | estovarem | estovareu | estovaran | |
| preterite | estoví | estovares | estovà | estovàrem | estovàreu | estovaren | |
| conditional | estovaria | estovaries | estovaria | estovaríem | estovaríeu | estovarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | estovi | estovis | estovi | estovem | estoveu | estovin | |
| imperfect | estovés | estovessis | estovés | estovéssim | estovéssiu | estovessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | estova | estovi | estovem | estoveu | estovin | ||
Derived terms
- estovament
Further reading
- “estovar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.