remolejar

Catalan

Etymology

From remorejar (“to murmur”) via dissimilation.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /rə.mo.ləˈʒa/

(Central) IPA^(key): /rə.mu.ləˈʒa/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.mo.leˈd͡ʒaɾ/

Verb

remolejar (first-person singular present remolejo, past participle remolejat)

(intransitive) to come up with excuses, to dawdle
(intransitive) to grumble
- 1866, Terenci Thos i Codina, Lo llibre de l'infantesa:
  Tornássen lo gegant á sa cambra, tot remolejant.
  The giant returned to his chamber, grumbling all the way.

Conjugation

Conjugation of remolejar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			remolejar
present participle			remolejant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		remolejat		remolejada
		plural		remolejats		remolejades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	remolejo	remoleges	remoleja	remolegem	remolegeu	remolegen
	imperfect	remolejava	remolejaves	remolejava	remolejàvem	remolejàveu	remolejaven
	future	remolejaré	remolejaràs	remolejarà	remolejarem	remolejareu	remolejaran
	preterite	remolegí	remolejares	remolejà	remolejàrem	remolejàreu	remolejaren
	conditional	remolejaria	remolejaries	remolejaria	remolejaríem	remolejaríeu	remolejarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	remolegi	remolegis	remolegi	remolegem	remolegeu	remolegin
	imperfect	remolegés	remolegessis	remolegés	remolegéssim	remolegéssiu	remolegessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	remoleja	remolegi	remolegem	remolegeu	remolegin

Derived terms

remoleig

Further reading

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

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