arrabassar
Catalan
Etymology
a- + rabassa + -ar
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ə.rə.bəˈsa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.ra.baˈsaɾ/
Verb
arrabassar (first-person singular present arrabasso, past participle arrabassat)
- to pull, to yank; to uproot
- Synonym: arrencar
- 2021 April 23, Blanca Cia, “Sant Jordi planta cara a la pandèmia a Barcelona”, in El País:
- El sol, la temperatura i les ganes de recuperar la festa que la pandèmia va arrabassar l'any passat es notaven.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- to snatch, to grab; to steal
Conjugation
Conjugation of arrabassar (first conjugation)
infinitive | arrabassar | ||||||
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present participle | arrabassant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | arrabassat | arrabassada | |||||
plural | arrabassats | arrabassades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | arrabasso | arrabasses | arrabassa | arrabassem | arrabasseu | arrabassen | |
imperfect | arrabassava | arrabassaves | arrabassava | arrabassàvem | arrabassàveu | arrabassaven | |
future | arrabassaré | arrabassaràs | arrabassarà | arrabassarem | arrabassareu | arrabassaran | |
preterite | arrabassí | arrabassares | arrabassà | arrabassàrem | arrabassàreu | arrabassaren | |
conditional | arrabassaria | arrabassaries | arrabassaria | arrabassaríem | arrabassaríeu | arrabassarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | arrabassi | arrabassis | arrabassi | arrabassem | arrabasseu | arrabassin | |
imperfect | arrabassés | arrabassessis | arrabassés | arrabasséssim | arrabasséssiu | arrabassessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | arrabassa | arrabassi | arrabassem | arrabasseu | arrabassin |
Further reading
- “arrabassar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “arrabassar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “arrabassar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “arrabassar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.