arrossegar
Catalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.ru.səˈɣa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.ro.səˈɣa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.ro.seˈɣaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
editarrossegar (first-person singular present arrossego, first-person singular preterite arrosseguí, past participle arrossegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (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.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of arrossegar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “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, 2024
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