agrair
Catalan
Etymology
From a- + Latin gratia (“thanks”) + -ir. Cognate with Aragonese agradeixer and Spanish agradecer.
Pronunciation
Verb
agrair (first-person singular present agraeixo, first-person singular preterite agraí, past participle agraït)
- to thank, to be grateful
- Li agraïm el favor que ens ha fet
- We're grateful to you for the favour you've done us.
Conjugation
Conjugation of agrair (third conjugation, with -eix-)
| infinitive | agrair | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | agraint | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | agraït | agraïda | |||||
| plural | agraïts | agraïdes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | agraeixo | agraeixes | agraeix | agraïm | agraïu | agraeixen | |
| imperfect | agraïa | agraïes | agraïa | agraíem | agraíeu | agraïen | |
| future | agrairé | agrairàs | agrairà | agrairem | agraireu | agrairan | |
| preterite | agraí | agraïres | agraí | agraírem | agraíreu | agraïren | |
| conditional | agrairia | agrairies | agrairia | agrairíem | agrairíeu | agrairien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | agraeixi | agraeixis | agraeixi | agraïm | agraïu | agraeixin | |
| imperfect | agraís | agraïssis | agraís | agraíssim | agraíssiu | agraïssin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | agraeix | agraeixi | agraïm | agraïu | agraeixin | |
| negative (no) | — | no agraeixis | no agraeixi | no agraïm | no agraïu | no agraeixin | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “agrair”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “agrair”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “agrair” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “agrair” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.