grapejar
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom grapa (“paw”) + -ejar. First attested in 1803.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editgrapejar (first-person singular present grapejo, first-person singular preterite grapegí, past participle grapejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (colloquial) to touch carelessly, to grope, to feel up
- Synonym: (dialectal) manyuclar
- (music) to play an instrument poorly
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of grapejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “grapejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “grapejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “grapejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.