esbossar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esbozar, from Italian sbozzare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əz.buˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əz.boˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ez.boˈsaɾ]

Verb

esbossar (first-person singular present esbosso, first-person singular preterite esbossí, past participle esbossat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. to sketch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esbossar (first conjugation)

infinitive			esbossar
gerund			esbossant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esbossat		esbossada
		plural		esbossats		esbossades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esbosso	esbosses	esbossa	esbossem	esbosseu	esbossen
	imperfect	esbossava	esbossaves	esbossava	esbossàvem	esbossàveu	esbossaven
	future	esbossaré	esbossaràs	esbossarà	esbossarem	esbossareu	esbossaran
	preterite	esbossí	esbossares	esbossà	esbossàrem	esbossàreu	esbossaren
	conditional	esbossaria	esbossaries	esbossaria	esbossaríem	esbossaríeu	esbossarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esbossi	esbossis	esbossi	esbossem	esbosseu	esbossin
	imperfect	esbossés	esbossessis	esbossés	esbosséssim	esbosséssiu	esbossessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	esbossa	esbossi	esbossem	esbosseu	esbossin
	negative (no)	—	no esbossis	no esbossi	no esbossem	no esbosseu	no esbossin

Synonyms

• (draw freehand): croquisar

Hypernyms

• dibuixar

Related terms

• esbós

Further reading

• “esbossar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “esbossar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “esbossar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024