amorrar
Catalan
Etymology
a- + morro (“snout”) + -ar
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.moˈra/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.muˈra/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.moˈraɾ/
Verb
amorrar (first-person singular present amorro, past participle amorrat)
- (transitive) to bring the mouth of someone/something to another object (usually the ground); to cause someone to faceplant
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to mouth, to lip (to put the lips on while drinking)
- No t'amorris la botella per beure! ― Don't lip the bottle to drink!
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, nautical) to dip down (of the prow of vessel, to submerge)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, nautical) to beach, to run aground
Further reading
- “amorrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
a- + morro + -ar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amoˈraɾ/ [a.moˈraɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧mo‧rrar
Verb
amorrar (first-person singular present amorro, first-person singular preterite amorré, past participle amorrado)
- (colloquial) to bend the head downwards; put one's head down
- (colloquial, reflexive) to drink directly from
Conjugation
Conjugation of amorrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | amorrar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | amorrando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | amorrado | amorrada | |||||
| plural | amorrados | amorradas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | amorro | amorrastú amorrásvos | amorra | amorramos | amorráis | amorran | |
| imperfect | amorraba | amorrabas | amorraba | amorrábamos | amorrabais | amorraban | |
| preterite | amorré | amorraste | amorró | amorramos | amorrasteis | amorraron | |
| future | amorraré | amorrarás | amorrará | amorraremos | amorraréis | amorrarán | |
| conditional | amorraría | amorrarías | amorraría | amorraríamos | amorraríais | amorrarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | amorre | amorrestú amorrésvos2 | amorre | amorremos | amorréis | amorren | |
| imperfect (ra) | amorrara | amorraras | amorrara | amorráramos | amorrarais | amorraran | |
| imperfect (se) | amorrase | amorrases | amorrase | amorrásemos | amorraseis | amorrasen | |
| future1 | amorrare | amorrares | amorrare | amorráremos | amorrareis | amorraren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | amorratú amorrávos | amorre | amorremos | amorrad | amorren | ||
| negative | no amorres | no amorre | no amorremos | no amorréis | no amorren | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of amorrar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive amorrar | |||||||
| dative | amorrarme | amorrarte | amorrarle, amorrarse | amorrarnos | amorraros | amorrarles, amorrarse | |
| accusative | amorrarme | amorrarte | amorrarlo, amorrarla, amorrarse | amorrarnos | amorraros | amorrarlos, amorrarlas, amorrarse | |
| with gerund amorrando | |||||||
| dative | amorrándome | amorrándote | amorrándole, amorrándose | amorrándonos | amorrándoos | amorrándoles, amorrándose | |
| accusative | amorrándome | amorrándote | amorrándolo, amorrándola, amorrándose | amorrándonos | amorrándoos | amorrándolos, amorrándolas, amorrándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative amorra | |||||||
| dative | amórrame | amórrate | amórrale | amórranos | not used | amórrales | |
| accusative | amórrame | amórrate | amórralo, amórrala | amórranos | not used | amórralos, amórralas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative amorrá | |||||||
| dative | amorrame | amorrate | amorrale | amorranos | not used | amorrales | |
| accusative | amorrame | amorrate | amorralo, amorrala | amorranos | not used | amorralos, amorralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative amorre | |||||||
| dative | amórreme | not used | amórrele, amórrese | amórrenos | not used | amórreles | |
| accusative | amórreme | not used | amórrelo, amórrela, amórrese | amórrenos | not used | amórrelos, amórrelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative amorremos | |||||||
| dative | not used | amorrémoste | amorrémosle | amorrémonos | amorrémoos | amorrémosles | |
| accusative | not used | amorrémoste | amorrémoslo, amorrémosla | amorrémonos | amorrémoos | amorrémoslos, amorrémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative amorrad | |||||||
| dative | amorradme | not used | amorradle | amorradnos | amorraos | amorradles | |
| accusative | amorradme | not used | amorradlo, amorradla | amorradnos | amorraos | amorradlos, amorradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative amorren | |||||||
| dative | amórrenme | not used | amórrenle | amórrennos | not used | amórrenles, amórrense | |
| accusative | amórrenme | not used | amórrenlo, amórrenla | amórrennos | not used | amórrenlos, amórrenlas, amórrense | |
Further reading
- “amorrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014