gallardir

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Etymology

From gallard (“elegant, graceful”) +‎ -ir.

Verb

gallardir (first-person singular present gallardeixo, first-person singular preterite gallardí, past participle gallardit)

  1. (intransitive, Mallorca) to become elegant
    • 1993, Pau Faner, Mal camí i bon senyor:
      De sobte Flora va avançar des de la vorera, com si l'aigua fos de gel, i a cada passa que feia es redreçava i era més àgil, les seves carns guanyaven fermesa, les seves faccions gallardia, i enjovenia a la vista.
      Suddenly Flora advanced from the shore, as if the water were ice, and with each step she took she straightened up and was more agile, her flesh gained firmness, her features grew more elegant, and her face youthified.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gallardir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
infinitive gallardir
gerund gallardint
past participle masculine feminine
singular gallardit gallardida
plural gallardits gallardides
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present gallardeixo gallardeixes gallardeix gallardim gallardiu gallardeixen
imperfect gallardia gallardies gallardia gallardíem gallardíeu gallardien
future gallardiré gallardiràs gallardirà gallardirem gallardireu gallardiran
preterite gallardí gallardires gallardí gallardírem gallardíreu gallardiren
conditional gallardiria gallardiries gallardiria gallardiríem gallardiríeu gallardirien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present gallardeixi gallardeixis gallardeixi gallardim gallardiu gallardeixin
imperfect gallardís gallardissis gallardís gallardíssim gallardíssiu gallardissin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — gallardeix gallardeixi gallardim gallardiu gallardeixin
negative (no) — no gallardeixis no gallardeixi no gallardim no gallardiu no gallardeixin

Further reading

  • “gallardir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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