esfullar

Catalan

Etymology

From es- +‎ fulla +‎ -ar. Compare exfoliar, a learned borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.fuˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.fuˈʎaɾ]

Verb

esfullar (first-person singular present esfullo, first-person singular preterite esfullí, past participle esfullat)

1. (transitive) to remove leaves/petals from, to thin
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lose leaves/petals
   • 1947, Sebastià Juan Arbó, Tina Costa:

     Darrera el balcó les branques s'esfullaven; les fulles queien lentament, com si fossin el plor dels arbres.

     Behind the balcony the branches were losing their leaves; the leaves fell slowly, as if they were the tears of the trees.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esfullar (first conjugation)

infinitive			esfullar
gerund			esfullant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esfullat		esfullada
		plural		esfullats		esfullades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esfullo	esfulles	esfulla	esfullem	esfulleu	esfullen
	imperfect	esfullava	esfullaves	esfullava	esfullàvem	esfullàveu	esfullaven
	future	esfullaré	esfullaràs	esfullarà	esfullarem	esfullareu	esfullaran
	preterite	esfullí	esfullares	esfullà	esfullàrem	esfullàreu	esfullaren
	conditional	esfullaria	esfullaries	esfullaria	esfullaríem	esfullaríeu	esfullarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esfulli	esfullis	esfulli	esfullem	esfulleu	esfullin
	imperfect	esfullés	esfullessis	esfullés	esfulléssim	esfulléssiu	esfullessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	esfulla	esfulli	esfullem	esfulleu	esfullin
	negative (no)	—	no esfullis	no esfulli	no esfullem	no esfulleu	no esfullin

Derived terms

• esfulladís
• esfullador
• esfullament

 

Further reading

• “esfullar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.