guanyar
Catalan
Etymology
From earlier Old Catalan guadanyar / guasanyar / guaanyar, from Vulgar Latin *wadaniāre a borrowing from Germanic. Cognate with Occitan ganhar (medieval gazanhar, gaaigniar), French gagner, Italian guadagnare; cf. also Spanish ganar.
Pronunciation
Verb
guanyar (first-person singular present guanyo, first-person singular preterite guanyí, past participle guanyat)
- (transitive) to win (gain a prize by succeeding)
- (intransitive) to win (achieve victory)
- (transitive) to earn (receive payment for work)
Conjugation
Conjugation of guanyar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | guanyar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | guanyant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | guanyat | guanyada | |||||
| plural | guanyats | guanyades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | guanyo | guanyes | guanya | guanyem | guanyeu | guanyen | |
| imperfect | guanyava | guanyaves | guanyava | guanyàvem | guanyàveu | guanyaven | |
| future | guanyaré | guanyaràs | guanyarà | guanyarem | guanyareu | guanyaran | |
| preterite | guanyí | guanyares | guanyà | guanyàrem | guanyàreu | guanyaren | |
| conditional | guanyaria | guanyaries | guanyaria | guanyaríem | guanyaríeu | guanyarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | guanyi | guanyis | guanyi | guanyem | guanyeu | guanyin | |
| imperfect | guanyés | guanyessis | guanyés | guanyéssim | guanyéssiu | guanyessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | guanya | guanyi | guanyem | guanyeu | guanyin | |
| negative (no) | — | no guanyis | no guanyi | no guanyem | no guanyeu | no guanyin | |
Antonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “guanyar”, 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
- “guanyar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “guanyar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “guanyar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.