remolejar

From remorejar (“to murmur”) via dissimilation.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.mu.ləˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.mo.ləˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.mo.leˈd͡ʒaɾ]

remolejar (first-person singular present remolejo, first-person singular preterite remolegí, past participle remolejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (intransitive) to come up with excuses, to dawdle
2. (intransitive) to grumble
   • 1866, Terenci Thos i Codina, Lo llibre de l'infantesa:

     Tornássen lo gegant á sa cambra, tot remolejant.

     The giant returned to his chamber, grumbling all the way.

• remoleig

• “remolejar”, 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
• “remolejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “remolejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.