enjoncar
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From en- + jonc (“reed”) + -ar.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central) [əɲ.ʒuŋˈka]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əɲ.ʒoŋˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [eɲ.d͡ʒoŋˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb[edit]
enjoncar (first-person singular present enjonco, first-person singular preterite enjonquí, past participle enjoncat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
- (transitive) to cover the soil with reeds
- (transitive) to garnish with reeds
- (figurative, transitive) to embroil (to draw into a situation)
- (figurative, intransitive) to embroil oneself (to draw into a situation)
- Synonyms: embrancar-se, embolicar-se, enredar-se
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of enjoncar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
Further reading[edit]
- “enjoncar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “enjoncar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “enjoncar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.