llançar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan lançar, from Late Latin lanceāre 'hurl (a spear)', from Latin lancea (spear) (whence Catalan llança), of Celtiberian origin. First attested in the 14th century.[1] Compare French lancer, Italian lanciare, Occitan and Portuguese lançar, Spanish lanzar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʎənˈsa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ʎanˈsaɾ]
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  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
  • Homophones: llançà, llençar, llençà

Verb

llançar (first-person singular present llanço, first-person singular preterite llancí, past participle llançat)

  1. (transitive) to throw (to cause an object to move rapidly through the air)
    Synonym: llençar
  2. to launch

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ llançar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

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