soguejar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
soguejar (first-person singular present soguejo, first-person singular preterite soguegí, past participle soguejat)
- (transitive) to measure (land) with a rope
- 1930, Josep Pascual Tirado, Tombatossals:
- Més sério que un plat d’arròs i pegant grans camallades, com si pretenguera soguejar un sotanell de terra pobra, lleument esfondrà els peus descalços per vora mar lo nostre forçut i enamorat Tombatossals.
- More serious than an owl and taking huge strides, as it he were attempting to measure off a parcel of poor land, our brawny and besotted Tombatossals lightly let his his bare feet sink by the seacoast.
Conjugation
Conjugation of soguejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
| infinitive | soguejar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | soguejant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | soguejat | soguejada | |||||
| plural | soguejats | soguejades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | soguejo | sogueges | sogueja | soguegem | soguegeu | soguegen | |
| imperfect | soguejava | soguejaves | soguejava | soguejàvem | soguejàveu | soguejaven | |
| future | soguejaré | soguejaràs | soguejarà | soguejarem | soguejareu | soguejaran | |
| preterite | soguegí | soguejares | soguejà | soguejàrem | soguejàreu | soguejaren | |
| conditional | soguejaria | soguejaries | soguejaria | soguejaríem | soguejaríeu | soguejarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | soguegi | soguegis | soguegi | soguegem | soguegeu | soguegin | |
| imperfect | soguegés | soguegessis | soguegés | soguegéssim | soguegéssiu | soguegessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | sogueja | soguegi | soguegem | soguegeu | soguegin | |
| negative (no) | — | no soguegis | no soguegi | no soguegem | no soguegeu | no soguegin | |
Further reading
- “soguejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “soguejar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “soguejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.