gavanyar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan gabanhà, by metathesis from Old Occitan barganhar, from Proto-West Germanic *borgōn. Doublet of barganyar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡə.βəˈɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡə.vəˈɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡa.vaˈɲaɾ]

Verb

gavanyar (first-person singular present gavanyo, first-person singular preterite gavanyí, past participle gavanyat)

1. (transitive) to damage

   Synonym: fer malbé

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gavanyar (first conjugation)

infinitive			gavanyar
gerund			gavanyant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gavanyat		gavanyada
		plural		gavanyats		gavanyades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gavanyo	gavanyes	gavanya	gavanyem	gavanyeu	gavanyen
	imperfect	gavanyava	gavanyaves	gavanyava	gavanyàvem	gavanyàveu	gavanyaven
	future	gavanyaré	gavanyaràs	gavanyarà	gavanyarem	gavanyareu	gavanyaran
	preterite	gavanyí	gavanyares	gavanyà	gavanyàrem	gavanyàreu	gavanyaren
	conditional	gavanyaria	gavanyaries	gavanyaria	gavanyaríem	gavanyaríeu	gavanyarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gavanyi	gavanyis	gavanyi	gavanyem	gavanyeu	gavanyin
	imperfect	gavanyés	gavanyessis	gavanyés	gavanyéssim	gavanyéssiu	gavanyessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	gavanya	gavanyi	gavanyem	gavanyeu	gavanyin
	negative (no)	—	no gavanyis	no gavanyi	no gavanyem	no gavanyeu	no gavanyin

Further reading

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