piular
Catalan
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. The internet sense is a semantic loan from English tweet.
Pronunciation
Verb
piular (first-person singular present piulo, first-person singular preterite piulí, past participle piulat)
- (intransitive) to tweet (make a bird sound)
- Synonyms: piulejar, piuar
- (intransitive, informal, Internet) to tweet (post a microblogging message)
Conjugation
Conjugation of piular (first conjugation)
| infinitive | piular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | piulant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | piulat | piulada | |||||
| plural | piulats | piulades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | piulo | piules | piula | piulem | piuleu | piulen | |
| imperfect | piulava | piulaves | piulava | piulàvem | piulàveu | piulaven | |
| future | piularé | piularàs | piularà | piularem | piulareu | piularan | |
| preterite | piulí | piulares | piulà | piulàrem | piulàreu | piularen | |
| conditional | piularia | piularies | piularia | piularíem | piularíeu | piularien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | piuli | piulis | piuli | piulem | piuleu | piulin | |
| imperfect | piulés | piulessis | piulés | piuléssim | piuléssiu | piulessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | piula | piuli | piulem | piuleu | piulin | |
| negative (no) | — | no piulis | no piuli | no piulem | no piuleu | no piulin | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “piular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.