gatinar
Catalan
Etymology
From gat.
Pronunciation
Verb
gatinar (first-person singular present gatino, first-person singular preterite gatiní, past participle gatinat)
- (ambitransitive) to have kittens
- Synonym: gatonar
- 1905, Caterina Albert Paradís, Solitut:
- En el Barranch gatinà quatre gatets pardos y esquerps com ella.
- In the gully she had a litter of four kittens brown and feral like her.
Conjugation
Conjugation of gatinar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | gatinar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | gatinant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | gatinat | gatinada | |||||
| plural | gatinats | gatinades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | gatino | gatines | gatina | gatinem | gatineu | gatinen | |
| imperfect | gatinava | gatinaves | gatinava | gatinàvem | gatinàveu | gatinaven | |
| future | gatinaré | gatinaràs | gatinarà | gatinarem | gatinareu | gatinaran | |
| preterite | gatiní | gatinares | gatinà | gatinàrem | gatinàreu | gatinaren | |
| conditional | gatinaria | gatinaries | gatinaria | gatinaríem | gatinaríeu | gatinarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | gatini | gatinis | gatini | gatinem | gatineu | gatinin | |
| imperfect | gatinés | gatinessis | gatinés | gatinéssim | gatinéssiu | gatinessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | gatina | gatini | gatinem | gatineu | gatinin | |
| negative (no) | — | no gatinis | no gatini | no gatinem | no gatineu | no gatinin | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gatinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025