remolejar
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom remorejar (“to murmur”) via dissimilation.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [rə.mu.ləˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [rə.mo.ləˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [re.mo.leˈd͡ʒaɾ]
Verb
editremolejar (first-person singular present remolejo, first-person singular preterite remolegí, past participle remolejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (intransitive) to come up with excuses, to dawdle
- (intransitive) to grumble
- 1866, Terenci Thos i Codina, Lo llibre de l'infantesa:
- Tornássen lo gegant á sa cambra, tot remolejant.
- The giant returned to his chamber, grumbling all the way.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of remolejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “remolejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “remolejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “remolejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.