romancejar
Catalan
Etymology
From romanços (“excuses”) + -ejar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ru.mən.səˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ro.mən.səˈʒa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ro.man.seˈd͡ʒaɾ]
Verb
romancejar (first-person singular present romancejo, first-person singular preterite romancegí, past participle romancejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (intransitive) to come up with excuses; to procrastinate
- Synonyms: cançonejar, rondallejar, camandulejar, remolejar
Conjugation
Conjugation of romancejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
Further reading
- “romancejar”, 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