esbatanar

Catalan

Etymology

From de bat a bat (“wide [open]”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əz.bə.təˈna/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ez.ba.taˈnaɾ/

Verb

esbatanar (first-person singular present esbatano, past participle esbatanat)

(transitive) to open wide
- 1965, Jaume Berenguer Amenós, Alexis Zorbàs:
  Un vell, que vorejava la seixantena, molt alt, magre, d'ulls esbatanats, tenia encastat el nas al vidre i em mirava.
  An old man, verging on sixty, very tall, thin, eyes wide open, had his nose pressed to the glass and watched me.

Conjugation

Conjugation of esbatanar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			esbatanar
present participle			esbatanant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esbatanat		esbatanada
		plural		esbatanats		esbatanades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esbatano	esbatanes	esbatana	esbatanem	esbataneu	esbatanen
	imperfect	esbatanava	esbatanaves	esbatanava	esbatanàvem	esbatanàveu	esbatanaven
	future	esbatanaré	esbatanaràs	esbatanarà	esbatanarem	esbatanareu	esbatanaran
	preterite	esbataní	esbatanares	esbatanà	esbatanàrem	esbatanàreu	esbatanaren
	conditional	esbatanaria	esbatanaries	esbatanaria	esbatanaríem	esbatanaríeu	esbatanarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esbatani	esbatanis	esbatani	esbatanem	esbataneu	esbatanin
	imperfect	esbatanés	esbatanessis	esbatanés	esbatanéssim	esbatanéssiu	esbatanessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	esbatana	esbatani	esbatanem	esbataneu	esbatanin

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