remolejar
Catalan
Etymology
From remorejar (“to murmur”) via dissimilation.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /rə.mo.ləˈʒa/
- (Central) IPA(key): /rə.mu.ləˈʒa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /re.mo.leˈd͡ʒaɾ/
Verb
remolejar (first-person singular present remolejo, past participle remolejat)
- (intransitive) to come up with excuses, to dawdle
- (intransitive) to grumble
- 1866, Terenci Thos i Codina, Lo llibre de l'infantesa:
- Tornássen lo gegant á sa cambra, tot remolejant.
- The giant returned to his chamber, grumbling all the way.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of remolejar (first conjugation)
infinitive | remolejar | ||||||
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present participle | remolejant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | remolejat | remolejada | |||||
plural | remolejats | remolejades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | remolejo | remoleges | remoleja | remolegem | remolegeu | remolegen | |
imperfect | remolejava | remolejaves | remolejava | remolejàvem | remolejàveu | remolejaven | |
future | remolejaré | remolejaràs | remolejarà | remolejarem | remolejareu | remolejaran | |
preterite | remolegí | remolejares | remolejà | remolejàrem | remolejàreu | remolejaren | |
conditional | remolejaria | remolejaries | remolejaria | remolejaríem | remolejaríeu | remolejarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | remolegi | remolegis | remolegi | remolegem | remolegeu | remolegin | |
imperfect | remolegés | remolegessis | remolegés | remolegéssim | remolegéssiu | remolegessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | remoleja | remolegi | remolegem | remolegeu | remolegin |
Derived terms
- remoleig
Further reading
- “remolejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “remolejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “remolejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.