pedregar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ðɾəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pe.ðɾeˈɣaɾ]

Etymology 1

• pedra +‎ -ar

Noun

pedregar m (plural pedregars)

1. stony ground

   Synonym: pedreguer

Derived terms

• anar el carro pel pedregar

Etymology 2

From pedra (“stone”) +‎ -egar from Latin -icāre.

Verb

pedregar (first-person singular present pedrego, first-person singular preterite pedreguí, past participle pedregat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (impersonal) to hail

   Synonyms: calamarsejar, granissar

Conjugation

Forms other than the third person are rarely used except in a poetic sense.

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

infinitive			pedregar
gerund			pedregant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pedregat		pedregada
		plural		pedregats		pedregades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pedrego	pedregues	pedrega	pedreguem	pedregueu	pedreguen
	imperfect	pedregava	pedregaves	pedregava	pedregàvem	pedregàveu	pedregaven
	future	pedregaré	pedregaràs	pedregarà	pedregarem	pedregareu	pedregaran
	preterite	pedreguí	pedregares	pedregà	pedregàrem	pedregàreu	pedregaren
	conditional	pedregaria	pedregaries	pedregaria	pedregaríem	pedregaríeu	pedregarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pedregui	pedreguis	pedregui	pedreguem	pedregueu	pedreguin
	imperfect	pedregués	pedreguessis	pedregués	pedreguéssim	pedreguéssiu	pedreguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	pedrega	pedregui	pedreguem	pedregueu	pedreguin
	negative (no)	—	no pedreguis	no pedregui	no pedreguem	no pedregueu	no pedreguin

Derived terms

• pedrega
• pedregada

Further reading

• “pedregar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.