arrossegar
Catalan
Etymology
From a- + rossegar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ə.ro.səˈɡa/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ə.ru.səˈɡa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.ro.seˈɡaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
arrossegar (first-person singular present arrossego, past participle arrossegat)
- (transitive, intransitive) to drag
- Pesava massa i va haver d'arrossegar-lo. ― It weighed too much and he had to drag it.
- (graphical user interface) to drag (to operate a mouse or similar device by moving it with a button held)
- (reflexive) to drag oneself, to crawl
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to hang around
- 1967, Manuel de Pedrolo, Totes les bèsties de càrrega:
- Un suc groguenc rellisca cap al plat i s'arrossega pels racons clivellats abans de desaparèixer per la reixeta del desguàs.
- A yellowish liquid slides towards the plate and collects in the nooks and crannies before disappearing through the grille of the drain.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of arrossegar (first conjugation)
infinitive | arrossegar | ||||||
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present participle | arrossegant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | arrossegat | arrossegada | |||||
plural | arrossegats | arrossegades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | arrossego | arrossegues | arrossega | arrosseguem | arrossegueu | arrosseguen | |
imperfect | arrossegava | arrossegaves | arrossegava | arrossegàvem | arrossegàveu | arrossegaven | |
future | arrossegaré | arrossegaràs | arrossegarà | arrossegarem | arrossegareu | arrossegaran | |
preterite | arrosseguí | arrossegares | arrossegà | arrossegàrem | arrossegàreu | arrossegaren | |
conditional | arrossegaria | arrossegaries | arrossegaria | arrossegaríem | arrossegaríeu | arrossegarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | arrossegui | arrosseguis | arrossegui | arrosseguem | arrossegueu | arrosseguin | |
imperfect | arrossegués | arrosseguessis | arrossegués | arrosseguéssim | arrosseguéssiu | arrosseguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | arrossega | arrossegui | arrosseguem | arrossegueu | arrosseguin |
Derived terms
- arrossegada
- arrossegador
- arrossegall
- arrossegament
- arrossegar pel fang
- arrossegar-se als peus
Further reading
- “arrossegar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “arrossegar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023