regateig

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from regatejar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.ɣəˈtɛt͡ʃ]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.ɣəˈtət͡ʃ]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [re.ɣaˈtet͡ʃ]

Noun

regateig m (plural regateigs or regatejos)

bargain
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 5, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
  Érem com un parell de fenicis que han gastat totes les energies en un regateig més teatral que real.
  We were like a pair of Phoenicians who had spent all their energy in a bargain that was more theatrical than real.

Further reading

“regateig” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“regateig”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“regateig” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“regateig” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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