llaviejar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ʎə.βi.əˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ʎə.vi.əˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ʎa.vi.eˈd͡ʒaɾ]
Verb
llaviejar (first-person singular present llaviejo, first-person singular preterite llaviegí, past participle llaviejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (intransitive) to move the lips without speaking
- (transitive) to mouth (to say words silently)
- (transitive) to stammer
- Synonym: balbucejar
Conjugation
Conjugation of llaviejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
Further reading
- “llaviejar”, 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