netejar

Catalan

Etymology

Restructuring, based on net (clean), of Old Catalan nedejar, from Vulgar Latin *nitidiāre, a verb based on Latin nitidus (shining, polished), which subsequently came to mean 'clean'. For similar restructurings, cf. Occitan netejar and French nettoyer (replacing Old Occitan nedejar and Old French noiier).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [nə.təˈʒa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ne.teˈd͡ʒaɾ]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

netejar (first-person singular present netejo, first-person singular preterite netegí, past participle netejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (transitive) to clean

Conjugation

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Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

Restructuring, based on net (clean), of Old Occitan nedejar (which survives in regional usage), from Vulgar Latin *nitidiāre, a verb based on Latin nitidus (shining, polished), which subsequently came to mean 'clean'. For similar restructurings, cf. Catalan netejar and French nettoyer (replacing Old Catalan nedejar and Old French noiier).

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

netejar

  1. to clean

Conjugation