entrebancar
Catalan
Etymology
From entravar, assimilated to entre and banc by folk etymology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ən.tɾə.βəŋˈka]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ən.tɾə.bəŋˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [en.tɾe.baŋˈkaɾ]
Verb
entrebancar (first-person singular present entrebanco, first-person singular preterite entrebanquí, past participle entrebancat)
- (transitive) to hobble, to hinder
- Synonym: travar
- (intransitive, pronominal) to stumble, to trip [with amb ‘on, over’]
- Synonym: ensopegar
Conjugation
Conjugation of entrebancar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
Derived terms
- entrebanc
- entrebancada
- entrebancallengua
Further reading
- “entrebancar”, 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