netejar

Catalan

Etymology

Restructuring, based on net (“clean”), of Old Catalan nedejar, from Vulgar Latin *nitidiāre, a verb based on Latin nitidus (“shining, polished”), which subsequently came to mean 'clean'. For similar restructurings, cf. Occitan netejar and French nettoyer (replacing Old Occitan nedejar and Old French noiier).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [nə.təˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ne.teˈd͡ʒaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

netejar (first-person singular present netejo, first-person singular preterite netegí, past participle netejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to clean

Conjugation

    Conjugation of netejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)

infinitive			netejar
gerund			netejant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		netejat		netejada
		plural		netejats		netejades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	netejo	neteges	neteja	netegem	netegeu	netegen
	imperfect	netejava	netejaves	netejava	netejàvem	netejàveu	netejaven
	future	netejaré	netejaràs	netejarà	netejarem	netejareu	netejaran
	preterite	netegí	netejares	netejà	netejàrem	netejàreu	netejaren
	conditional	netejaria	netejaries	netejaria	netejaríem	netejaríeu	netejarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	netegi	netegis	netegi	netegem	netegeu	netegin
	imperfect	netegés	netegessis	netegés	netegéssim	netegéssiu	netegessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	neteja	netegi	netegem	netegeu	netegin
	negative (no)	—	no netegis	no netegi	no netegem	no netegeu	no netegin

Derived terms

• netegies
• neteja
• netejador
• netejament
• netejavidres

Related terms

• net

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

Restructuring, based on net (“clean”), of Old Occitan nedejar (which survives in regional usage), from Vulgar Latin *nitidiāre, a verb based on Latin nitidus (“shining, polished”), which subsequently came to mean 'clean'. For similar restructurings, cf. Catalan netejar and French nettoyer (replacing Old Catalan nedejar and Old French noiier).

Pronunciation

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Verb

netejar

1. to clean

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		netejar			aver netejat
gerund		netejant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		netejat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	netegi	netejas	neteja	netejam	netejatz	netejan
	imperfect	netejavi	netejavas	netejava	netejàvem	netejàvetz	netejavan
	preterite	netegèri	netegères	netegèt	netegèrem	netegèretz	netegèron
	future	netejarai	netejaràs	netejarà	netejarem	netejaretz	netejaràn
	conditional	netejariái	netejariás	netejariá	netejariam	netejariatz	netejarián
	conditional 2nd form1	netegèra	netegèras	netegèra	netegeram	netegeratz	netegèran
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	netege	neteges	netege	netegem	netegetz	netegen
	imperfect	netegèssi	netegèsses	netegèsse	netegèssem	netegèssetz	netegèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			neteja		netegem	netejatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		netejar			aver netejat
gerund		netejant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		netejat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	netege	neteges	neteja	netejam	netejatz	netejon
	imperfect	netejave	netejaves	netejava	netejaviam	netejaviatz	netejavon
	preterite	netegere	netegeres	neteget	netegem	netegetz	netegeron
	future	netejarai	netejaràs	netejará	netejarem	netejaretz	netejarán
	conditional	netejariá	netejariás	netejariá	netejariam	netejariatz	netejarián
	conditional 2nd form1	netegèra	netegèras	netegèra	netegeram	netegeratz	netegèran
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	netege	neteges	netege	netejassiam	netejassiatz	netejon
	imperfect	netegesse	netegesses	netegesse	netegessiam	netegessiatz	netegesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			neteja		netejassiam	netejatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		netejar			aver netejat
gerund		netejant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		netejat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	netegi	netejas	neteja	netejam	netejatz	netejan
	imperfect	netejavi	netejavas	netejava	netejàvam	netejàvatz	netejavan
	preterite	netegèi	netegès	netegè	netegèm	netegètz	netegèn
	future	netejarèi	netejaràs	netejarà	netejaram	netejaratz	netejaràn
	conditional	netejarí	netejarés	netejaré	netejarem	netejaretz	netejarén
	conditional 2nd form1	netegèra	netegèras	netegèra	netegeram	netegeratz	netegèran
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	netegi	neteges	netege	netegem	netegetz	netegen
	imperfect	netegèssi	netegèsses	netegèsse	netegèssem	netegèssetz	netegèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			neteja		netegem	netejatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		netejar			aver netejat
gerund		netejant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		netejat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	netege	netejas	neteja	netejam	netejatz	netejan
	imperfect	netejava	netejavas	netejava	netejàvam	netejàvatz	netejavan
	preterite	netegei	netegeras	neteget	netegèram	netegèratz	netegeran
	future	netejarai	netejaràs	netejará	netejarem	netejaretz	netejarán
	conditional	netejariá	netejariàs	netejariá	netejariam	netejariatz	netejarián
	conditional 2nd form1	netegèra	netegèras	netegèra	netegeram	netegeratz	netegèran
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	netege	neteges	netege	netegem	netegetz	netegen
	imperfect	netegèsse	netegèsses	netegèsse	netegèssem	netegèssetz	netegèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			neteja		netegem	netejatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		netejar			aver netejat
gerund		netejant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		netejat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	netege	neteges	neteja	netejam	netejatz	netejan
	imperfect	netejavi	netejavas	netejava	netejàvem	netejàvetz	netejavan
	preterite	netegère	netegères	netegèt	netegeriam	netegeriatz	netegèron
	future	netejarai	netejaràs	netejarà	netejarem	netejaretz	netejaràn
	conditional	netejariáu	netejariás	netejariá	netejariam	netejariatz	netejarián
	conditional 2nd form1	netegèra	netegèras	netegèra	netegeram	netegeratz	netegèran
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	netege	neteges	netege	netegem	netegetz	netejan
	imperfect	netegèsse	netegèsses	netegèsse	netegessiam	netegessiatz	netegèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			neteja		netegem	netejatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• net