aombrar
Catalan
Etymology
Either inherited from Latin adumbrō (“I overshadow”) or composed from a- + ombra + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.omˈbɾa/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.umˈbɾa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.omˈbɾaɾ/
Verb
aombrar (first-person singular present aombro, past participle aombrat)
- (transitive) to cast into shadow, to darken, to shade, to overshadow
- Synonym: enfosquir
- (transitive) to frighten
- Synonyms: astorar, espantar
Conjugation
Conjugation of aombrar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | aombrar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | aombrant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | aombrat | aombrada | |||||
| plural | aombrats | aombrades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | aombro | aombres | aombra | aombrem | aombreu | aombren | |
| imperfect | aombrava | aombraves | aombrava | aombràvem | aombràveu | aombraven | |
| future | aombraré | aombraràs | aombrarà | aombrarem | aombrareu | aombraran | |
| preterite | aombrí | aombrares | aombrà | aombràrem | aombràreu | aombraren | |
| conditional | aombraria | aombraries | aombraria | aombraríem | aombraríeu | aombrarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | aombri | aombris | aombri | aombrem | aombreu | aombrin | |
| imperfect | aombrés | aombressis | aombrés | aombréssim | aombréssiu | aombressin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | aombra | aombri | aombrem | aombreu | aombrin | ||
Further reading
- “aombrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.