flairar
Catalan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin flāgrāre, present active infinitive of flāgrō, by dissimilation from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂gro-, from *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”) + *-ro-. Compare Occitan flairar, French flairer, Portuguese cheirar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /fləjˈɾa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /flajˈɾaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
flairar (first-person singular present flairo, past participle flairat)
- (transitive) to smell (sense the smell of)
- Synonym: olorar
- (intransitive) to smell (have a particular smell)
- Synonym: fer olor
Conjugation
Conjugation of flairar (first conjugation)
infinitive | flairar | ||||||
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present participle | flairant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | flairat | flairada | |||||
plural | flairats | flairades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | flairo | flaires | flaira | flairem | flaireu | flairen | |
imperfect | flairava | flairaves | flairava | flairàvem | flairàveu | flairaven | |
future | flairaré | flairaràs | flairarà | flairarem | flairareu | flairaran | |
preterite | flairí | flairares | flairà | flairàrem | flairàreu | flairaren | |
conditional | flairaria | flairaries | flairaria | flairaríem | flairaríeu | flairarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | flairi | flairis | flairi | flairem | flaireu | flairin | |
imperfect | flairés | flairessis | flairés | flairéssim | flairéssiu | flairessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | flaira | flairi | flairem | flaireu | flairin |
Derived terms
- flaire
References
- “flairar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “flairar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “flairar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “flairar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.