potinejar
Catalan
Etymology
From dialectal potina (“hodgepodge”) + -ejar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /po.ti.nəˈʒa/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pu.ti.nəˈʒa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /po.ti.neˈd͡ʒaɾ/
Verb
potinejar
- (transitive) to fiddle with, to muck about with
- (transitive) to bungle, to botch, to make a hash of
- (intransitive) to muck about
Conjugation
Conjugation of potinejar (first conjugation)
infinitive | potinejar | ||||||
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present participle | potinejant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | potinejat | potinejada | |||||
plural | potinejats | potinejades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | potinejo | potineges | potineja | potinegem | potinegeu | potinegen | |
imperfect | potinejava | potinejaves | potinejava | potinejàvem | potinejàveu | potinejaven | |
future | potinejaré | potinejaràs | potinejarà | potinejarem | potinejareu | potinejaran | |
preterite | potinegí | potinejares | potinejà | potinejàrem | potinejàreu | potinejaren | |
conditional | potinejaria | potinejaries | potinejaria | potinejaríem | potinejaríeu | potinejarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | potinegi | potinegis | potinegi | potinegem | potinegeu | potinegin | |
imperfect | potinegés | potinegessis | potinegés | potinegéssim | potinegéssiu | potinegessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | potineja | potinegi | potinegem | potinegeu | potinegin |
Related terms
- potiner
- potineria
Further reading
- “potinejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.