complaure

See also: complauré

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin complacēre; adapted to inherited plaure. Or, constructed directly from Catalan com- +‎ plaure. First attested in 1388.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

complaure (first-person singular present complac, first-person singular preterite complaguí, past participle complagut)

  1. to please (someone), to satisfy the desires (of someone)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of complaure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive complaure
gerund complaent
past participle masculine feminine
singular complagut complaguda
plural complaguts complagudes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present complac complaus complau complaem complaeu complauen
imperfect complaïa complaïes complaïa complaíem complaíeu complaïen
future complauré complauràs complaurà complaurem complaureu complauran
preterite complaguí complagueres complagué complaguérem complaguéreu complagueren
conditional complauria complauries complauria complauríem complauríeu complaurien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present complagui complaguis complagui complaguem complagueu complaguin
imperfect complagués complaguessis complagués complaguéssim complaguéssiu complaguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — complau complagui complaguem complaeu complaguin
negative (no) — no complaguis no complagui no complaguem no complagueu no complaguin

References

  1. ^ “complaure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.