albirar
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin arbitrāre. Doublet of arbitrar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [əl.βiˈɾa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əl.biˈɾa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [al.biˈɾaɾ]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Verb
albirar (first-person singular present albiro, first-person singular preterite albirí, past participle albirat)(transitive)
- to conjecture, to speculate
- to make out, to discern
- Synonym: ataüllar
Conjugation
Conjugation of albirar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | albirar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | albirant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | albirat | albirada | |||||
| plural | albirats | albirades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | albiro | albires | albira | albirem | albireu | albiren | |
| imperfect | albirava | albiraves | albirava | albiràvem | albiràveu | albiraven | |
| future | albiraré | albiraràs | albirarà | albirarem | albirareu | albiraran | |
| preterite | albirí | albirares | albirà | albiràrem | albiràreu | albiraren | |
| conditional | albiraria | albiraries | albiraria | albiraríem | albiraríeu | albirarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | albiri | albiris | albiri | albirem | albireu | albirin | |
| imperfect | albirés | albiressis | albirés | albiréssim | albiréssiu | albiressin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | albira | albiri | albirem | albireu | albirin | |
| negative (no) | — | no albiris | no albiri | no albirem | no albireu | no albirin | |
Derived terms
- albirador
- albirament
Related terms
Further reading
- “albirar”, 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
- “albirar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “albirar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “albirar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.