enretirar

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ retirar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.rə.tiˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [en.re.tiˈɾaɾ]

Verb

enretirar (first-person singular present enretiro, first-person singular preterite enretirí, past participle enretirat)

1. (transitive) to pull back, retract
2. (transitive) to move aside, remove
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to withdraw, step back
   • 1931, Miquel Llor, Laura a la ciutat dels sants:

     I Laura va per posar-li la mà a l'espatlla; però la cunyada s'enretira, defuig el contacte.

     And Laura put her hand on her shoulder, but her sister-in-law pulls away, avoiding the contact.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enretirar (first conjugation)

infinitive			enretirar
gerund			enretirant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enretirat		enretirada
		plural		enretirats		enretirades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enretiro	enretires	enretira	enretirem	enretireu	enretiren
	imperfect	enretirava	enretiraves	enretirava	enretiràvem	enretiràveu	enretiraven
	future	enretiraré	enretiraràs	enretirarà	enretirarem	enretirareu	enretiraran
	preterite	enretirí	enretirares	enretirà	enretiràrem	enretiràreu	enretiraren
	conditional	enretiraria	enretiraries	enretiraria	enretiraríem	enretiraríeu	enretirarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enretiri	enretiris	enretiri	enretirem	enretireu	enretirin
	imperfect	enretirés	enretiressis	enretirés	enretiréssim	enretiréssiu	enretiressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	enretira	enretiri	enretirem	enretireu	enretirin
	negative (no)	—	no enretiris	no enretiri	no enretirem	no enretireu	no enretirin

Further reading

• “enretirar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024