Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Catalan remugar, from pre-literary */rumeˈɡaɾ/, from Latin rūmigāre. Metathesis of /u/ and /e/ by influence of the prefix re- (with the semantic nuance of repetition). First attested in the early 14th c.[1] Doublet of rumiar, a Castilianism.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

remugar (first-person singular present remugo, first-person singular preterite remuguí, past participle remugat)

  1. (transitive) to ruminate (to chew cud)
  2. (intransitive) to grumble, to complain in a low voice

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ remugar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading edit