espurnejar
Catalan
Alternative forms
- espurnar
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.pur.nəˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.puɾ.neˈd͡ʒaɾ]
Audio (Catalonia): (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
espurnejar (first-person singular present espurnejo, first-person singular preterite espurnegí, past participle espurnejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (intransitive) to spark (give off sparks)
- (intransitive) to sparkle, twinkle
- (intransitive) to drizzle, sprinkle (rain lightly)
- Synonyms: ploviscar, plovisquejar
Conjugation
Conjugation of espurnejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
Derived terms
- espurneig
- espurnejant
Further reading
- “espurnejar”, 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