encertar

Catalan

Etymology

en- +‎ cert +‎ -ar. Compare Portuguese and Spanish acertar.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ən.səɾˈta/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ən.sərˈta/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /en.seɾˈtaɾ/
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

encertar (first-person singular present encerto, past participle encertat)

to get right, to do correctly
to guess
Synonym: endevinar
to hit a target

Conjugation

Conjugation of encertar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			encertar
present participle			encertant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		encertat		encertada
		plural		encertats		encertades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	encerto	encertes	encerta	encertem	encerteu	encerten
	imperfect	encertava	encertaves	encertava	encertàvem	encertàveu	encertaven
	future	encertaré	encertaràs	encertarà	encertarem	encertareu	encertaran
	preterite	encertí	encertares	encertà	encertàrem	encertàreu	encertaren
	conditional	encertaria	encertaries	encertaria	encertaríem	encertaríeu	encertarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	encerti	encertis	encerti	encertem	encerteu	encertin
	imperfect	encertés	encertessis	encertés	encertéssim	encertéssiu	encertessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	encerta	encerti	encertem	encerteu	encertin

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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