ploriquejar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From ploricó. Compare Spanish lloriquear.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [plu.ɾi.kəˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [plo.ɾi.kəˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [plo.ɾi.keˈd͡ʒaɾ]
Verb edit
ploriquejar (first-person singular present ploriquejo, first-person singular preterite ploriquegí, past participle ploriquejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (intransitive) to whimper
- Synonym: somicar
- (intransitive) to feign crying
- Synonyms: fer el ploricó, plorinyar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ploriquejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ploriquejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.