ploriquejar

From ploricó. Compare Spanish lloriquear.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [plu.ɾi.kəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [plo.ɾi.kəˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [plo.ɾi.keˈd͡ʒaɾ]

ploriquejar (first-person singular present ploriquejo, first-person singular preterite ploriquegí, past participle ploriquejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (intransitive) to whimper

   Synonym: somicar

2. (intransitive) to feign crying

   Synonyms: fer el ploricó, plorinyar

• plorar
• ploramiques

• “ploriquejar”, 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