arpejar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.pəˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.peˈd͡ʒaɾ]
- Homophone: arpejà
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
arpejar (first-person singular present arpejo, first-person singular preterite arpegí, past participle arpejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to claw, to scratch
- Synonyms: arpellejar, escatar, esgarrapar, fregar, grapar, gratar, raspar, rautar
- (intransitive) to be nearby
Conjugation
Conjugation of arpejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
| infinitive | arpejar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | arpejant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | arpejat | arpejada | |||||
| plural | arpejats | arpejades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | arpejo | arpeges | arpeja | arpegem | arpegeu | arpegen | |
| imperfect | arpejava | arpejaves | arpejava | arpejàvem | arpejàveu | arpejaven | |
| future | arpejaré | arpejaràs | arpejarà | arpejarem | arpejareu | arpejaran | |
| preterite | arpegí | arpejares | arpejà | arpejàrem | arpejàreu | arpejaren | |
| conditional | arpejaria | arpejaries | arpejaria | arpejaríem | arpejaríeu | arpejarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | arpegi | arpegis | arpegi | arpegem | arpegeu | arpegin | |
| imperfect | arpegés | arpegessis | arpegés | arpegéssim | arpegéssiu | arpegessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | arpeja | arpegi | arpegem | arpegeu | arpegin | |
| negative (no) | — | no arpegis | no arpegi | no arpegem | no arpegeu | no arpegin | |
Further reading
- “arpejar”, 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
- “arpejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “arpejar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “arpejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aʁ.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ah.peˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aɾ.peˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aʁ.peˈʒa(ʁ)/ [aχ.peˈʒa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aɻ.peˈʒa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.pɨˈʒaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.pɨˈʒa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ar‧pe‧jar
Verb
arpejar (first-person singular present arpejo, first-person singular preterite arpejei, past participle arpejado)
- (music, transitive) to arpeggiate (play (a chord) as an arpeggio)
Conjugation
Conjugation of arpejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.