bressar
Catalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *bertiāre, from Gaulish *berta (compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”)). Cognate with French bercer, Occitan breçar and Spanish brezar and brizar.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbressar (first-person singular present bresso, first-person singular preterite bressí, past participle bressat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (transitive)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of bressar (first conjugation)
infinitive | bressar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | bressant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | bressat | bressada | |||||
plural | bressats | bressades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | bresso | bresses | bressa | bressem | bresseu | bressen | |
imperfect | bressava | bressaves | bressava | bressàvem | bressàveu | bressaven | |
future | bressaré | bressaràs | bressarà | bressarem | bressareu | bressaran | |
preterite | bressí | bressares | bressà | bressàrem | bressàreu | bressaren | |
conditional | bressaria | bressaries | bressaria | bressaríem | bressaríeu | bressarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | bressi | bressis | bressi | bressem | bresseu | bressin | |
imperfect | bressés | bressessis | bressés | bresséssim | bresséssiu | bressessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | bressa | bressi | bressem | bresseu | bressin | |
negative (no) | — | no bressis | no bressi | no bressem | no bresseu | no bressin |
Synonyms
edit- abressar, agrunsar, balancejar, baldar, bressolar, engrunsar, gronsar, gronxar, gronxejar, gronxolar (Northern), ninar (Alguerese)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “bressar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bressar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “bressar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bressar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.