mastegar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin masticāre. Doublet of masticar, which is borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məs.təˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [mas.teˈɣaɾ]
• Homophone: mastegà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

mastegar (first-person singular present mastego, first-person singular preterite masteguí, past participle mastegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to chew

   Synonym: masticar

2. (transitive) to mutter, mumble
   • 1947, Sebastià Juan Arbó, Tino Costa:

     La dona, mig adormida, mastegà malediccions i s'arraulí de nou dintre el seu xal deteriorat.

     The woman, half asleep, muttered curses and curled up again inside her deteriorated shawl.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mastegar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			mastegar
gerund			mastegant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mastegat		mastegada
		plural		mastegats		mastegades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mastego	mastegues	mastega	masteguem	mastegueu	masteguen
	imperfect	mastegava	mastegaves	mastegava	mastegàvem	mastegàveu	mastegaven
	future	mastegaré	mastegaràs	mastegarà	mastegarem	mastegareu	mastegaran
	preterite	masteguí	mastegares	mastegà	mastegàrem	mastegàreu	mastegaren
	conditional	mastegaria	mastegaries	mastegaria	mastegaríem	mastegaríeu	mastegarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mastegui	masteguis	mastegui	masteguem	mastegueu	masteguin
	imperfect	mastegués	masteguessis	mastegués	masteguéssim	masteguéssiu	masteguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	mastega	mastegui	masteguem	mastegueu	masteguin
	negative (no)	—	no masteguis	no mastegui	no masteguem	no mastegueu	no masteguin

Derived terms

• mastegaparaules
• mastegatatxes
• mastegot
• masteguera

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin masticāre, present active infinitive of masticō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

mastegar

1. to chew; to ruminate

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mastegar			aver mastegat
gerund		mastegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		mastegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mastegui	mastegas	mastega	mastegam	mastegatz	mastegan
	imperfect	mastegavi	mastegavas	mastegava	mastegàvem	mastegàvetz	mastegavan
	preterite	masteguèri	masteguères	masteguèt	masteguèrem	masteguèretz	masteguèron
	future	mastegarai	mastegaràs	mastegarà	mastegarem	mastegaretz	mastegaràn
	conditional	mastegariái	mastegariás	mastegariá	mastegariam	mastegariatz	mastegarián
	conditional 2nd form1	masteguèra	masteguèras	masteguèra	mastegueram	mastegueratz	masteguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mastegue	mastegues	mastegue	masteguem	masteguetz	masteguen
	imperfect	masteguèssi	masteguèsses	masteguèsse	masteguèssem	masteguèssetz	masteguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			mastega		masteguem	mastegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		mastegar			aver mastegat
gerund		mastegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		mastegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mastegue	mastegues	mastega	mastegam	mastegatz	mastegon
	imperfect	mastegave	mastegaves	mastegava	mastegaviam	mastegaviatz	mastegavon
	preterite	masteguere	mastegueres	masteguet	masteguem	masteguetz	mastegueron
	future	mastegarai	mastegaràs	mastegará	mastegarem	mastegaretz	mastegarán
	conditional	mastegariá	mastegariás	mastegariá	mastegariam	mastegariatz	mastegarián
	conditional 2nd form1	masteguèra	masteguèras	masteguèra	mastegueram	mastegueratz	masteguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mastegue	mastegues	mastegue	mastegassiam	mastegassiatz	mastegon
	imperfect	masteguesse	masteguesses	masteguesse	masteguessiam	masteguessiatz	masteguesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			mastega		mastegassiam	mastegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		mastegar			aver mastegat
gerund		mastegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		mastegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mastegui	mastegas	mastega	mastegam	mastegatz	mastegan
	imperfect	mastegavi	mastegavas	mastegava	mastegàvam	mastegàvatz	mastegavan
	preterite	masteguèi	masteguès	masteguè	masteguèm	masteguètz	masteguèn
	future	mastegarèi	mastegaràs	mastegarà	mastegaram	mastegaratz	mastegaràn
	conditional	mastegarí	mastegarés	mastegaré	mastegarem	mastegaretz	mastegarén
	conditional 2nd form1	masteguèra	masteguèras	masteguèra	mastegueram	mastegueratz	masteguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mastegui	mastegues	mastegue	masteguem	masteguetz	masteguen
	imperfect	masteguèssi	masteguèsses	masteguèsse	masteguèssem	masteguèssetz	masteguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			mastega		masteguem	mastegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		mastegar			aver mastegat
gerund		mastegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		mastegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mastegue	mastegas	mastega	mastegam	mastegatz	mastegan
	imperfect	mastegava	mastegavas	mastegava	mastegàvam	mastegàvatz	mastegavan
	preterite	masteguei	mastegueras	masteguet	masteguèram	masteguèratz	mastegueran
	future	mastegarai	mastegaràs	mastegará	mastegarem	mastegaretz	mastegarán
	conditional	mastegariá	mastegariàs	mastegariá	mastegariam	mastegariatz	mastegarián
	conditional 2nd form1	masteguèra	masteguèras	masteguèra	mastegueram	mastegueratz	masteguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mastegue	mastegues	mastegue	masteguem	masteguetz	masteguen
	imperfect	masteguèsse	masteguèsses	masteguèsse	masteguèssem	masteguèssetz	masteguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			mastega		masteguem	mastegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		mastegar			aver mastegat
gerund		mastegant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		mastegat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mastegue	mastegues	mastega	mastegam	mastegatz	mastegan
	imperfect	mastegavi	mastegavas	mastegava	mastegàvem	mastegàvetz	mastegavan
	preterite	masteguère	masteguères	masteguèt	mastegueriam	mastegueriatz	masteguèron
	future	mastegarai	mastegaràs	mastegarà	mastegarem	mastegaretz	mastegaràn
	conditional	mastegariáu	mastegariás	mastegariá	mastegariam	mastegariatz	mastegarián
	conditional 2nd form1	masteguèra	masteguèras	masteguèra	mastegueram	mastegueratz	masteguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mastegue	mastegues	mastegue	masteguem	masteguetz	mastegan
	imperfect	masteguèsse	masteguèsses	masteguèsse	masteguessiam	masteguessiatz	masteguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			mastega		masteguem	mastegatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Synonyms

• ruminar
• romiar