balmar-se

Catalan

Etymology

From balma (“cave”) +‎ -ar +‎ se.

Verb

balmar-se (first-person singular present em balmo, first-person singular preterite em balmí, past participle balmat)

  1. (intransitive, pronominal) to hollow out, to empty
    • 1967, Octavi Fullat, Reflexions sobre l'educació:
      I ara tots els pobles senten la pruïja, la febre de produir, de voltar-se d'estris, i el món es buida d'entranyes i es balma.
      And now people feel the itch, the fever to produce, to surround themselves with tools, and the world is emptied of its entrails and hollows out.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of balmar-se (first conjugation)
infinitive balmar-se
gerund balmant-se
past participle masculine feminine
singular balmat balmada
plural balmats balmades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present em balmo et balmes es balma ens balmem us balmeu es balmen
imperfect em balmava et balmaves es balmava ens balmàvem us balmàveu es balmaven
future em balmaré et balmaràs es balmarà ens balmarem us balmareu es balmaran
preterite em balmí et balmares es balmà ens balmàrem us balmàreu es balmaren
conditional em balmaria et balmaries es balmaria ens balmaríem us balmaríeu es balmarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present em balmi et balmis es balmi ens balmem us balmeu es balmin
imperfect em balmés et balmessis es balmés ens balméssim us balméssiu es balmessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — balma't balmi's balmem-nos balmeu-vos balmin-se
negative (no) — no et balmis no es balmi no ens balmem no us balmeu no es balmin

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