encendre
See also: encendré
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin incendere.
Pronunciation
Verb
encendre (first-person singular present encenc, first-person singular preterite encenguí, past participle encès); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- to set on fire, to set fire to, to light
- (of a device) to switch on, to turn on
Conjugation
Conjugation of encendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
| infinitive | encendre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | encenent | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | encès | encesa | |||||
| plural | encesos | enceses | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | encenc | encens | encén | encenem | enceneu | encenen | |
| imperfect | encenia | encenies | encenia | enceníem | enceníeu | encenien | |
| future | encendré | encendràs | encendrà | encendrem | encendreu | encendran | |
| preterite | encenguí | encengueres | encengué | encenguérem | encenguéreu | encengueren | |
| conditional | encendria | encendries | encendria | encendríem | encendríeu | encendrien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | encengui | encenguis | encengui | encenguem | encengueu | encenguin | |
| imperfect | encengués | encenguessis | encengués | encenguéssim | encenguéssiu | encenguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | encén | encengui | encenguem | enceneu | encenguin | |
| negative (no) | — | no encenguis | no encengui | no encenguem | no encengueu | no encenguin | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “encendre”, 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
- “encendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.