covar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cubāre.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /koˈva/

(Central) IPA^(key): /kuˈba/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /koˈvaɾ/
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

covar (first-person singular present covo, past participle covat)

(transitive) to brood, to incubate
Synonym: incubar

covar un projecte ― to incubate a project
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arròs covat ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of covar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			covar
present participle			covant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		covat		covada
		plural		covats		covades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	covo	coves	cova	covem	coveu	coven
	imperfect	covava	covaves	covava	covàvem	covàveu	covaven
	future	covaré	covaràs	covarà	covarem	covareu	covaran
	preterite	coví	covares	covà	covàrem	covàreu	covaren
	conditional	covaria	covaries	covaria	covaríem	covaríeu	covarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	covi	covis	covi	covem	coveu	covin
	imperfect	covés	covessis	covés	covéssim	covéssiu	covessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	cova	covi	covem	coveu	covin

Derived terms

covament

Further reading

“covar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“covar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“covar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“covar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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