enginyar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ingeniāre, from ingenium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əɲ.ʒiˈɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [eɲ.d͡ʒiˈɲaɾ]

Verb

enginyar (first-person singular present enginyo, first-person singular preterite enginyí, past participle enginyat)

1. (transitive) to invent, to devise
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive) to find a way (to), to manage (to)

   M'havia enginyat a trobar els mitjans d'anar superant les circumstàncies adverses.

   I had managed to find the means of overcoming adverse circumstances.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enginyar (first conjugation)

infinitive			enginyar
gerund			enginyant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enginyat		enginyada
		plural		enginyats		enginyades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enginyo	enginyes	enginya	enginyem	enginyeu	enginyen
	imperfect	enginyava	enginyaves	enginyava	enginyàvem	enginyàveu	enginyaven
	future	enginyaré	enginyaràs	enginyarà	enginyarem	enginyareu	enginyaran
	preterite	enginyí	enginyares	enginyà	enginyàrem	enginyàreu	enginyaren
	conditional	enginyaria	enginyaries	enginyaria	enginyaríem	enginyaríeu	enginyarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enginyi	enginyis	enginyi	enginyem	enginyeu	enginyin
	imperfect	enginyés	enginyessis	enginyés	enginyéssim	enginyéssiu	enginyessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	enginya	enginyi	enginyem	enginyeu	enginyin
	negative (no)	—	no enginyis	no enginyi	no enginyem	no enginyeu	no enginyin

Related terms

• enginy
• enginyer
• enginyós

Further reading

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