xalar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin exhālāre, probably via Italian scialare.
Pronunciation
Verb
xalar (first-person singular present xalo, first-person singular preterite xalí, past participle xalat)
- (intransitive) to enjoy oneself
- Synonym: regalar-se
Conjugation
Conjugation of xalar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | xalar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | xalant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | xalat | xalada | |||||
| plural | xalats | xalades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | xalo | xales | xala | xalem | xaleu | xalen | |
| imperfect | xalava | xalaves | xalava | xalàvem | xalàveu | xalaven | |
| future | xalaré | xalaràs | xalarà | xalarem | xalareu | xalaran | |
| preterite | xalí | xalares | xalà | xalàrem | xalàreu | xalaren | |
| conditional | xalaria | xalaries | xalaria | xalaríem | xalaríeu | xalarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | xali | xalis | xali | xalem | xaleu | xalin | |
| imperfect | xalés | xalessis | xalés | xaléssim | xaléssiu | xalessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | xala | xali | xalem | xaleu | xalin | |
| negative (no) | — | no xalis | no xali | no xalem | no xaleu | no xalin | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “xalar”, 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
- “xalar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “xalar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “xalar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.