bressar

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *bertiāre, from Gaulish *berta (compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”)). Cognate with French bercer, Occitan breçar and Spanish brezar and brizar.

Pronunciation

Eastern: IPA^(key): /bɾəˈsa/ (Balearic, Central)
Western: IPA^(key): /bɾeˈsa/ (Northwestern), IPA^(key): /bɾeˈsaɾ/ (Valencian)
Hyphenation: bres‧sar

Verb

bressar (first-person singular present bresso, past participle bressat) (transitive)

to cradle
to rock (to move gently back and forth)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bressar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			bressar
present participle			bressant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bressat		bressada
		plural		bressats		bressades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bresso	bresses	bressa	bressem	bresseu	bressen
	imperfect	bressava	bressaves	bressava	bressàvem	bressàveu	bressaven
	future	bressaré	bressaràs	bressarà	bressarem	bressareu	bressaran
	preterite	bressí	bressares	bressà	bressàrem	bressàreu	bressaren
	conditional	bressaria	bressaries	bressaria	bressaríem	bressaríeu	bressarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bressi	bressis	bressi	bressem	bresseu	bressin
	imperfect	bressés	bressessis	bressés	bresséssim	bresséssiu	bressessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	bressa	bressi	bressem	bresseu	bressin

Synonyms

abressar, agrunsar, balancejar, baldar, bressolar, engrunsar, gronsar, gronxar, gronxejar, gronxolar (Northern), ninar (Alguerese)

Related terms

bressol, bres, bressola, cuna

Further reading

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

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