empetitir

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ petit +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.pə.tiˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [em.pe.tiˈtiɾ]

Verb

empetitir (first-person singular present empetiteixo, first-person singular preterite empetití, past participle empetitit)

1. (transitive) to make smaller or appear to make smaller, to shrink
2. (intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to grow smaller, to shrink
3. (figurative, transitive) to trivialize, to downplay

Conjugation

    Conjugation of empetitir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			empetitir
gerund			empetitint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		empetitit		empetitida
		plural		empetitits		empetitides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	empetiteixo	empetiteixes	empetiteix	empetitim	empetitiu	empetiteixen
	imperfect	empetitia	empetities	empetitia	empetitíem	empetitíeu	empetitien
	future	empetitiré	empetitiràs	empetitirà	empetitirem	empetitireu	empetitiran
	preterite	empetití	empetitires	empetití	empetitírem	empetitíreu	empetitiren
	conditional	empetitiria	empetitiries	empetitiria	empetitiríem	empetitiríeu	empetitirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	empetiteixi	empetiteixis	empetiteixi	empetitim	empetitiu	empetiteixin
	imperfect	empetitís	empetitissis	empetitís	empetitíssim	empetitíssiu	empetitissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	empetiteix	empetiteixi	empetitim	empetitiu	empetiteixin
	negative (no)	—	no empetiteixis	no empetiteixi	no empetitim	no empetitiu	no empetiteixin

Synonyms

• (make/become smaller): enxiquir
• (downplay): minimitzar

Derived terms

• empetitiment

Further reading

• “empetitir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.