grapejar
Catalan
Etymology
From grapa (“paw”) + -ejar. First attested in 1803.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ɡɾə.pəˈʒa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ɡɾa.peˈd͡ʒaɾ/
Verb
grapejar (first-person singular present grapejo, past participle grapejat)
- (colloquial) to touch carelessly, to grope, to feel up
- Synonym: (dialectal) manyuclar
- (music) to play an instrument poorly
Conjugation
Conjugation of grapejar (first conjugation)
infinitive | grapejar | ||||||
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present participle | grapejant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | grapejat | grapejada | |||||
plural | grapejats | grapejades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | grapejo | grapeges | grapeja | grapegem | grapegeu | grapegen | |
imperfect | grapejava | grapejaves | grapejava | grapejàvem | grapejàveu | grapejaven | |
future | grapejaré | grapejaràs | grapejarà | grapejarem | grapejareu | grapejaran | |
preterite | grapegí | grapejares | grapejà | grapejàrem | grapejàreu | grapejaren | |
conditional | grapejaria | grapejaries | grapejaria | grapejaríem | grapejaríeu | grapejarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | grapegi | grapegis | grapegi | grapegem | grapegeu | grapegin | |
imperfect | grapegés | grapegessis | grapegés | grapegéssim | grapegéssiu | grapegessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | grapeja | grapegi | grapegem | grapegeu | grapegin |
Related terms
- grapejat
Further reading
- “grapejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “grapejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “grapejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.