botzinar

Catalan

Etymology

From botzina +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bu.d͡ziˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bo.d͡ziˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bo.d͡ziˈnaɾ]

Verb

botzinar (first-person singular present botzino, first-person singular preterite botziní, past participle botzinat)

1. (intransitive, archaic) to sound (a horn)
2. (intransitive) to grumble, complain

   Synonym: rondinar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of botzinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			botzinar
gerund			botzinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		botzinat		botzinada
		plural		botzinats		botzinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	botzino	botzines	botzina	botzinem	botzineu	botzinen
	imperfect	botzinava	botzinaves	botzinava	botzinàvem	botzinàveu	botzinaven
	future	botzinaré	botzinaràs	botzinarà	botzinarem	botzinareu	botzinaran
	preterite	botziní	botzinares	botzinà	botzinàrem	botzinàreu	botzinaren
	conditional	botzinaria	botzinaries	botzinaria	botzinaríem	botzinaríeu	botzinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	botzini	botzinis	botzini	botzinem	botzineu	botzinin
	imperfect	botzinés	botzinessis	botzinés	botzinéssim	botzinéssiu	botzinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	botzina	botzini	botzinem	botzineu	botzinin
	negative (no)	—	no botzinis	no botzini	no botzinem	no botzineu	no botzinin

Derived terms

• botzinador
• botzinaire
• botzinejar

 

Further reading

• “botzinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “botzinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024