balbucejar

Catalan

Etymology

Alteration of earlier balbuçar, from Vulgar Latin *balbūtiāre, a variant of Latin balbūtiō (“to stutter, stammer”).

Pronunciation

Verb

balbucejar (first-person singular present balbucejo, first-person singular preterite balbucegí, past participle balbucejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (intransitive) to stutter, to stammer
    El locutor balbucejava i repetia monòtonament una mateixa frase.
    The speaker stammered and monotonously repeated the same phrase.
  2. (transitive) to stammer (out), babble, bleat out
    Balbucejava mots a mitges, tremolava.
    She stammered out words incompletely, she trembled.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of balbucejar (first conjugation, j-g alternation)
infinitive balbucejar
gerund balbucejant
past participle masculine feminine
singular balbucejat balbucejada
plural balbucejats balbucejades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present balbucejo balbuceges balbuceja balbucegem balbucegeu balbucegen
imperfect balbucejava balbucejaves balbucejava balbucejàvem balbucejàveu balbucejaven
future balbucejaré balbucejaràs balbucejarà balbucejarem balbucejareu balbucejaran
preterite balbucegí balbucejares balbucejà balbucejàrem balbucejàreu balbucejaren
conditional balbucejaria balbucejaries balbucejaria balbucejaríem balbucejaríeu balbucejarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present balbucegi balbucegis balbucegi balbucegem balbucegeu balbucegin
imperfect balbucegés balbucegessis balbucegés balbucegéssim balbucegéssiu balbucegessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — balbuceja balbucegi balbucegem balbucegeu balbucegin
negative (no) — no balbucegis no balbucegi no balbucegem no balbucegeu no balbucegin

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